When I was young, I was a bit scruffy and there were times when I didn't take a bath for up to two weeks during the summer.
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Scruffy
//ˈskɹaf.i//
Synonyms for "scruffy" (126 found)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мърляв adj (untidy in appearance)
Catalan
2 entries- malforjat adj (untidy in appearance)
- malgirbat adj (untidy in appearance)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 邋遢的 adj (untidy in appearance)
Finnish
4 entries- epäsiisti adj (untidy in appearance)
- nuhjuinen adj (untidy in appearance)
- resuinen adj (untidy in appearance)
- rähjäinen adj (untidy in appearance)
French
2 entries- débraillé adj (untidy in appearance)
- négligé adj (untidy in appearance)
German
4 entries- heruntergekommen adj (untidy in appearance)
- verdreckt adj (untidy in appearance)
- versifft adj (untidy in appearance)
- verwahrlost adj (untidy in appearance)
Hungarian
1 entries- pacuha adj (untidy in appearance)
Italian
1 entries- trasandato adj (untidy in appearance)
Macedonian
3 entries- ва́лкан adj (untidy in appearance)
- не́чист adj (untidy in appearance)
- ра́сфрлен adj (untidy in appearance)
Mongolian
3 entries- заваан adj (untidy in appearance)
- хааш яаш adj (untidy in appearance)
- ᠬᠠᠰᠢ ᠶᠠᠰᠢ ᠵᠠᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨ adj (untidy in appearance)
Māori
3 entries- kōhangaweka adj (untidy in appearance)
- pōrohe adj (untidy in appearance)
- tātarahake adj (untidy in appearance)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پنتی adj (untidy in appearance)
Polish
1 entries- niechlujny adj (untidy in appearance)
Portuguese
1 entries- desgrenhado adj (untidy in appearance)
Russian
3 entries- взъеро́шенный adj (untidy in appearance)
- неря́шливый adj (untidy in appearance)
- нечёсаный adj (untidy in appearance)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- robach adj (untidy in appearance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- neuredan adj (untidy in appearance)
- zapušten adj (untidy in appearance)
Spanish
4 entries- desaliñado adj (untidy in appearance)
- zalapastroso adj (untidy in appearance)
- zarapastroso adj (untidy in appearance)
- zarrapastroso adj (untidy in appearance)
Swedish
3 entries- ovårdad adj (untidy in appearance)
- sjabbig adj (untidy in appearance)
- tilltufsad adj (untidy in appearance)
Turkish
1 entries- dağınık adj (untidy in appearance)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Tom is scruffy, isn't he?
Source: tatoeba (3730468)
Sami saw a scruffy old dog.
Source: tatoeba (7070433)
Sami's cats looked scruffy.
Source: tatoeba (7237233)
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