a scrubby landscape
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Scrubby
//ˈskɹʌbi//
Synonyms for "scrubby" (163 found)
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Strong matches (49)
Related words (81)
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Translations
13 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- недорасъл adj (inferior in size or quality)
- обрасъл с храсти adj (covered with scrub)
Finnish
4 entries- huono adj (inferior in size or quality)
- kitukasvuinen adj (inferior in size or quality)
- kurja adj (inferior in size or quality)
- pensaikkoinen adj (covered with scrub)
Polish
2 entries- porośnięty krzakami adj (covered with scrub)
- skarłowaciały adj (inferior in size or quality)
Swedish
2 entries- risig adj (covered with scrub)
- snårig adj (covered with scrub)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
scrubby crops
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scrubby cattle
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This sort of literary slop-work will not suffice for your walking in the roads of life to any good purpose. It is bad work. It is scrubby work.
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