Synonyms for scrawl

Grammar : Verb

Spell : skrawl

Phonetic Transcription : skrɔl

Définition of scrawl

Origin : 1610s, "write or draw untidily," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle English scrawlen "spread out the limbs, sprawl" (early 15c.), which possibly is an alteration of sprawlen (see sprawl (v.)) or crawl (v.). Related: Scrawled; scrawling. The noun is recorded from 1690s, from the verb. Meaning "bad handwriting" is from 1710.

verb write erratically

Example sentences :

That's Joe's own scrawl, and there ain't a worse from this to himself.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

The senator's son read the scrawl, and his face showed his disgust.
Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer

Then, at last, he had gathered strength enough to scrawl these lines.
Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman

He preferred to scrawl his initials to any typewritten letter which I prepared.
Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux

You must not mind the badness of my scrawl: and let me hear from you.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third » by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

My fear is that you will not be able to decipher the scrawl written so hastily.
Extract from : « Behind the Scenes » by Elizabeth Keckley

She had evidently never speculated on the meaning of the scrawl that had saved her.
Extract from : « Coming Home » by Edith Wharton

I do not know whether you can read the scrawl I have written, but I cannot write any better.
Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson

At present, a scrawl from his pencil brings an enormous price.
Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray

They know only how to brawl and scrawl 'hot-head' and 'impolitic maniac.'
Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall

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