Synonyms of scruffy

scruffy

adjective

ˈskrə-fē 

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• mangy
• shabby
• tatty
• tattered
• dumpy
• grungy
• miserable
• ragged
• scrubby
• desolate
• tired
• abandoned
• seedy
• ratty
• tumbledown
• down-at-heel
• tacky
• down-at-the-heels
• threadbare
• sleazy
• gone to seed
• timeworn
• beat-up
• down-at-the-heel
• broken
• ruined
• run-down
• dog-eared
• down-at-heels
• bombed-out
• moth-eaten
• mean
• tatterdemalion
• unkept
• damaged
• dingy
• decrepit
• forlorn
• bedraggled
• wrecked
• ramshackle
• deteriorated
• rickety
• destroyed
• decaying
• deteriorating
• broken-down
• godforsaken
• injured
• worn-out
• rackety
• hurt
• impaired
• harmed
• rattletrap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• maintained
• kept-up
• reconstructed
• spiffy
• patched
• mended
• smart
• rebuilt
• cared-for
• spruce

Examples of scruffy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The movie’s a rude, scruffy winner, a music bio/cash-in reconfigured as a deadly serious prank. —Ty Burr, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024

For one thing, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s scruffy Detective Abbott is a poor substitute for Judge Reinhold’s Lieutenant Rosewood. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 July 2024

Amat makes for an ideal rom-com love interest with scruffy good looks, a sensitive air and an endless succession of henleys. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024

Death is a scruffy, dingy-looking macaw who lives a miserable existence. —Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024