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scruffy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of scruffy

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage

Synonyms of scruffy

beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel), 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

abandoned, unkept

desolate, forlorn, godforsaken

broken-down, decrepit, tired, worn-out

bedraggled, dingy, ragged, tattered

decaying, deteriorated, deteriorating, rackety, ramshackle, rattletrap, rickety, tumbledown

broken, damaged, destroyed, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, ruined, wrecked

Phrases Synonymous with scruffy

Near Antonyms of scruffy

brand-new, fresh, new

cared-for, kept-up, maintained

mended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructed

smart, spiffy, spruce

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