Thesaurus
To save this word, you'll need to log in.
Synonyms & Antonyms of scruffy
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
- dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage
Synonyms for scruffy
- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- down-at-the-heels
- (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels),
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- moth-eaten,
- neglected,
- ratty,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- sleazy,
- tacky,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
Words Related to scruffy
Phrases Synonymous with scruffy
Near Antonyms for scruffy
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on scruffy
What made you want to look up scruffy? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Great Scrabble Words—A Quiz
- Which of the following Q-without-U words means the number five in cards or dice?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
Share scruffy
Time Traveler for scruffy
The first known use of scruffy was in 1871
See more words from the same year