Synonyms for ungroomed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : groom, groom |
| Phonetic Transcription : grum, grÊŠm |
Top 10 synonyms for ungroomed Other synonyms for the word ungroomed
- coarse
- crude
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dirty
- disarranged
- disarrayed
- disheveled
- disordered
- frayed
- frazzled
- frowzy
- full of holes
- grubby
- grungy
- in tatters
- mangy
- messed up
- messy
- moth-eaten
- mussed up
- ragged
- rough
- run-down
- shabby
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slovenly
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- torn
- tousled
- unclean
- uncombed
- unfastidious
- ungroomed
- unimproved
- unneat
- unpolished
- untidy
- vulgar
- worse for wear
Définition of ungroomed
Origin :- c.1200, grome "male child, boy;" c.1300 as "youth, young man." No known cognates in other Germanic languages. Perhaps from Old English *groma, related to growan "grow;" or from Old French grommet "servant" (cf. Middle English gromet "ship's boy," early 13c.). Meaning "male servant who attends to horses" is from 1660s.
- As in scraggly : adj ragged
- As in scruffy : adj rough, bedraggled
- As in unkempt : adj shabby, sloppy
- Though rough and ungroomed, they are well fed, as they need to be, for a rest of only six hours is allowed between stages.
- Extract from : « Small Horses in Warfare » by Sir Walter Gilbey
- Tall and ungroomed, the feather on her bonnet hung dejected by a thread, and three buttons were off her rusty shoe!
- Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
- He indicated an ungroomed chestnut horse, fenced off by a couple of long sapling poles in a corner of the stock-yard.
- Extract from : « Joe Wilson and His Mates » by Henry Lawson
- At length two of them came riding up on rough, ungroomed ponies, with baskets on their arms.
- Extract from : « Ben Burton » by W. H. G. Kingston
- Four ungroomed, unshod horses are hitched on, and their plunging and capering shows they are impatient to be off.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
Antonyms for ungroomed
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