SCRAGGLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

scraggly

adjective

ˈskra-g(ə-)lē

Definition of scraggly

as in jagged

having an uneven edge or outline a scraggly little tree

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Recent Examples of scraggly In the trailer, Paulson appeared in a blue jacket with scraggly blonde waves and bleached eyebrows—and, very possibly, a few prosthetics. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026 Phoenix Henrichsen, who made his first court appearance with scraggly long hair and looking exhausted, appeared Monday neatly groomed, with his hair pulled back in a bun. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The result is a bulbous body covered in scraggly fur atop four spindly legs, a stout head and little to no neck. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 25 July 2026 Jonah Paz, with scraggly brown hair and clean features, wears a baggy red flannel and gray pants; Yaelle Avtan’s got a plume of blonde hair, pink blouse, and a tutu-y green skirt. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for scraggly

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The trace of bone plates’ fusion remains in jagged lines like black lightning.

— Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026
Furthermore, the whiskers are in front, preventing the drone from detecting sideways obstacles like random jagged branches in a forest.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of jagged

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Part of its purpose, from the beginning, was not only to deliver new facts but to interpret ragged events for a nervous audience of relatively prosperous, largely white viewers who shared Wallace’s concern about the shape and tenor of the future.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Our family teetered on the cusp of something ragged and broken.

— Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

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