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scraggly.

Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈskɹæɡ(ə)li/
  1. Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.

  2. Jagged or uneven; scraggy.

Where this word comes from

As if from a verb *scraggle (in turn from scrag). Equivalent to scrag + -le + -ly.

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