SCROUNGY Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

scroungy

adjective

Definition of scroungy

as in scruffy

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Recent Examples of scroungy The mesh fabric adds a bit of sexiness and fun to your average lounge bra—which, in my drawers, can often err on the scroungy side—and provides the perfect pick-me-up when the girls need a little bit of a lift. — Lily Wohlner, womenshealthmag.com, 9 May 2023 That meant giving the men in that environment scroungy beards and longer sideburns to reflect the era. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 June 2022 But nobody in particular can be identified except some members of the scroungy New Orleans-Dallas-Galveston demimonde. — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2017

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Pre-distressed holes reveal different swatches underneath, and the soles come looking scruffy just like on numerous hits from Vans over the past year or so.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
That scruffier, cozier version of androgyny coexisted in the culture with the more flamboyant gender-bending of glam rock.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of scruffy

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Beck was playing a shabby, malnourished musician living in a shack who acts as an emissary of a weird celebrity cult.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
The developer that’s built luxury apartment complexes from Wilton and Cheshire to New Haven is proposing a 235-unit complex near New London’s waterfront that would create a complete makeover for what’s considered the shabbiest road in the city.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

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