Scrubby synonyms
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(Medicine) low height-for-age (for a person).
The definition of scrawny is very thin or skinny.
inadequate (related)
Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
poor (related)
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
Sick or worn out, as by old age or disease
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Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect
Weakened or worn out from age or wear
Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect
The definition of dingy is something kind of dirty, gloomy or dull.
(Idiomatic, by extension, hyphenated when used attributively) Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished.
Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect
Shabby and filthy; sordid; squalid
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Dirty and dilapidated:
Shabby; untidy.
Full of seeds
Showing much wear; ragged; threadbare
Contemptible; mean; low
Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable:
Wearing old, worn clothes; shabby
Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.
all the worse for wear
gone to pot (or seed)
past cure (or hope)
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better (related)
Healthier or more fit than before:
scrabbly
Scrubby, paltry, poor, etc.
grassy (related)
tussocky (related)
marshy (related)
mossy (related)
brushy (related)
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scrubland (related)
boggy (related)
wooded (related)
second growth (related)
scrub-covered (related)
streamside (related)
rushy (related)
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tussock (related)
sub-alpine (related)
Find another word for scrubby. In this page you can discover 44 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for scrubby, like: inferior, stunted, scrawny, inadequate, poor, bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated and dingy.