scruffier; scruffiest
Examples of scruffy in a Sentence
The neighborhood is full of dilapidated houses with scruffy backyards.
dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage
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Marshall was soon welcomed into the scruffy jam band’s inner circle.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Become a Subscriber That Caught Stealing echoes the scruffy, anything-goes atmosphere of Aronofsky’s earliest work gives it a sense of frenzied nostalgia.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The actor also notably sported a different look than usual above the shoulders, including long curly blond locks and a less-scruffy facial-hair configuration.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Courtesy of Rachael and Alex Gagnon After being dumped on the side of the road in upstate New York, a scruffy dog named Lylah found her forever home with couple Rachael and Alex Gagnon.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Become a Subscriber That Caught Stealing echoes the scruffy, anything-goes atmosphere of Aronofsky’s earliest work gives it a sense of frenzied nostalgia.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The actor also notably sported a different look than usual above the shoulders, including long curly blond locks and a less-scruffy facial-hair configuration.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Courtesy of Rachael and Alex Gagnon After being dumped on the side of the road in upstate New York, a scruffy dog named Lylah found her forever home with couple Rachael and Alex Gagnon.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Scruffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scruffy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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