Wow, you're really in a bad mood. Don't get scrappy.
Source: tatoeba (2700994)
Scrappy
//ˈskɹæpi//
Synonyms for "scrappy" (164 found)
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Strong matches (49)
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Adjective(1 words)
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6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 3 languages.
French
3 entries- bagarreur adj (aggressive)
- désordonné adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
- hargneux adj (aggressive)
German
4 entries- bruchstückhaft adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
- lückenhaft adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
- zusammengestoppelt adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
- zusammengestückelt adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
Russian
4 entries- клочковатый adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
- лоскутный adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
- обрывочный adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
- фрагментарный adj (consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Google was once small and scrappy.
Source: tatoeba (11496570)
That was a scrappy lecture.
Source: wiktionary
He's a scrappy dog and will charge at you if you taunt him.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.