scruffy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Shabby; untidy.
2. Chiefly British. Scaly; scabby.

[From obsolete scruff, scurf, variant of scurf. See scurf.]

scruffily scruff'i·ly adv.
scruffiness scruff'i·ness n.

adjective

Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky². Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.

adj

Definition: rough, bedraggled
Antonyms: kempt, smooth, tidy

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: shabby and untidy
  Synonym: seedy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sjusket

Nederlands (Dutch)
smerig, morsig, armetierig

Français (French)
adj. - débraillé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vergammelt, schlampig, ungepflegt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ατημέλητος, βρομιάρικος

Italiano (Italian)
sudicio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desmazelado

Русский (Russian)
неряшливый, нечесаный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desaliñado, zarrapastroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sjaskig, sjabbig, sluskig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不整齐的, 破旧的, 肮脏的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不整齊的, 破舊的, 骯髒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 칠칠치 못한, 지저분하게 어지러진, 더러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - みすぼらしい, だらしない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وضيع, حقير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלוכלך, מוזנח, מרופט, מרושל‬

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