Synonyms for straggly
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : strag-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstræg li |
Top 10 synonyms for straggly Other synonyms for the word straggly
- 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
Définition of straggly
- As in uncleanly : adj dirty
- As in dirty : adj soiled, unclean
- His face above his straggly whiskers was red with temper and with liquor.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
- They're black and lustrous, but by leaving them straggly they're a blemish.
- Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- He looked down at the ground and up into the straggly palms, then heaved a sigh.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
- There was a screen of straggly brush, with emptiness beyond.
- Extract from : « The Invaders » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- His hair was getting grey at the temples and straggly on top.
- Extract from : « My Man Jeeves » by P. G. Wodehouse
- Then comes a town deep in black mud—a straggly, inch-thick plank town, with dull red grain elevators.
- Extract from : « Letters of Travel (1892-1913) » by Rudyard Kipling
- His straggly gray beard confronted the fire-fighters everywhere, goading on the laggards, cheering the valiant.
- Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
- Shall we climb up that straggly path along the face of the wall, and see what the old things look like?
- Extract from : « The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon » by James Carson
- They headed for the upper end of the island, where there was a small grove of straggly cedar trees.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter and the Runaways » by Edward Stratemeyer
- And the wild man sat back on the bench and closed his eyes, and stroked his straggly beard.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter and the Runaways » by Edward Stratemeyer
Antonyms for straggly
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