scraggy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite being very thin
    underweight; boney; skinny; scrawny; weedy.
    • a child with skinny freckled legs
    • a long scrawny neck
  2. adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
    jagged; jaggy.
    • the jagged outline of the crags
    • scraggy cliffs

WordNet

Scrag"gy adjective
Wordforms
comparative Scragger ; superlative Scraggiest
Definitions
  1. Rough with irregular points; scragged. "A scraggy rock." J. Philips.
  2. Lean and rough; scragged. "His sinewy, scraggy neck." Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913