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Antonyms for dreggy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dreg-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɛg i |
Definition of dreggy
- As in uncleanly : adj dirty
- As in dirty : adj soiled, unclean
- It is black and dreggy, but with a little sugar it is not bad.
- Extract from : « Gorillas & Chimpanzees » by R. L. Garner
- He sipped the dreggy coffee as if it were the mulled wine of a New Year's night.
- Extract from : « A Yankee from the West » by Opie Read
- But I cannot believe that the mountain stock ever received this dreggy mixture from the Shires.
- Extract from : « The Welsh Pony » by Olive Tilford Dargan
- To Jess, accustomed to the mild but beautiful savor of a country town, the dreggy Bohemia was sugar and spice.
- Extract from : « The Trimmed Lamp » by O. Henry
Synonyms for dreggy
- bedraggled
- begrimed
- black
- contaminated
- cruddy
- crummy
- defiled
- disarrayed
- dishabille
- disheveled
- dreggy
- dungy
- dusty
- filthy
- foul
- fouled
- greasy
- grimy
- grubby
- grungy
- icky
- lousy
- messy
- mucky
- muddy
- mung
- murky
- nasty
- pigpen
- polluted
- raunchy
- scummy
- scuzzy
- slatternly
- slimy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smudged
- smutty
- soiled
- sooty
- spattered
- spotted
- squalid
- stained
- straggly
- sullied
- unclean
- undusted
- unhygienic
- unkempt
- unlaundered
- unsanitary
- unsightly
- unswept
- untidy
- unwashed
- yucky
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