Scruffy
adjective
Looking dirty or untidy.
His clothes were old and scruffy.
Often appears as...
- scruffy clothes
- scruffy hair
adjective
A place or thing that is old and in bad condition.
The park was a bit scruffy but the kids loved it.
Often appears as...
- scruffy park
- scruffy house
adjective
Looking dirty or untidy.
His clothes were old and scruffy.
Often appears as...
- scruffy clothes
- scruffy hair
adjective
A place or thing that is old and in bad condition.
The park was a bit scruffy but the kids loved it.
Often appears as...
- scruffy park
- scruffy house
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'scruffy' often implies a negative opinion about someone's appearance.
His scruffy beard made him look unprofessional.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Settings
Use 'scruffy' in informal situations. It's not appropriate for formal occasions.
They showed up in scruffy jeans for the casual get-together.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Scruffy' can be endearing when referring to pets or people when neatness isn't expected.
The scruffy puppy was adorable with his messy fur.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'scruffy' often implies a negative opinion about someone's appearance.
His scruffy beard made him look unprofessional.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Settings
Use 'scruffy' in informal situations. It's not appropriate for formal occasions.
They showed up in scruffy jeans for the casual get-together.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Scruffy' can be endearing when referring to pets or people when neatness isn't expected.
The scruffy puppy was adorable with his messy fur.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'scruffy' often implies a negative opinion about someone's appearance.
His scruffy beard made him look unprofessional.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Settings
Use 'scruffy' in informal situations. It's not appropriate for formal occasions.
They showed up in scruffy jeans for the casual get-together.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Scruffy' can be endearing when referring to pets or people when neatness isn't expected.
The scruffy puppy was adorable with his messy fur.
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Video examples
The brain in love PIPE...
I would also like to tell the world that animals love. There's not an animal on this planet that will copulate with anything that comes along. Too old, too young, too scruffy, too stupid, and they won't do it. Unless you're stuck in a laboratory cage -- and you know, if you spend your entire life in a little box,
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The role of disruption...
literally disruption swaggered through the door I was the social secretary at college a scruffy kid came in off the street one day asking join a band to play for free tomorrow night mate I said
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Living Among Wolves PIPE...
looking after their family looking after their young getting this close to scruffy and the pots convinces me that you can connect with wild wolves hey how you doing
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
is playing a Robin game it's very much difficult to find a chameleon at this stage because he found a scruffy I will try I will try to take that challenge so
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The brain in love PIPE...
I would also like to tell the world that animals love. There's not an animal on this planet that will copulate with anything that comes along. Too old, too young, too scruffy, too stupid, and they won't do it. Unless you're stuck in a laboratory cage -- and you know, if you spend your entire life in a little box,
Video examples
The role of disruption...
literally disruption swaggered through the door I was the social secretary at college a scruffy kid came in off the street one day asking join a band to play for free tomorrow night mate I said
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Living Among Wolves PIPE...
looking after their family looking after their young getting this close to scruffy and the pots convinces me that you can connect with wild wolves hey how you doing
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
is playing a Robin game it's very much difficult to find a chameleon at this stage because he found a scruffy I will try I will try to take that challenge so
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Tom Ward
Welsh Actor
I do look better on TV. In real life, I look scruffy and pale, and I get the worst kind of recognition... I get the 'Haven't we met somewhere before?' I suggest it might be because I'm on the telly, and they say, 'No, it's definitely not that. Wasn't it at so-and-so's party?
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Robert Pattinson
English Actor
I have been lucky, of course. Like, last year, if I went out, I'd have to fight to chat someone up. This year, I look exactly the same, which is really scruffy, and yet lots of people seem to have just changed their minds and decided I'm really sexy.
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Ann Reinking
American Actress
People always remark on how I'm not as tall as I look in film. I tell them about the time I saw Lassie on a studio lot, and she was this tiny scruffy dog. Film makes you larger than life.
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James Jebbia
American Designer
We were making clothes for that New York skater, who is a picky kind of person with good taste He may look scruffy to the outside world, but he's very sharp in the way he dresses.
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Nicollette Sheridan
English Actress
I'm actually more comfortable playing the stroke victim or the girl with no makeup on, looking scruffy and it's all about what's going on inside rather than on the outside.
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Nigel Dennis
British Writer
I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy.
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Laura Whitmore
Irish Celebrity
If a guy looks in the mirror more than I do it's a bad sign. I like scruffy, but not smelly.
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Sadie Frost
English Actress
My style is scruffy with a touch of androgyny.
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Dries van Noten
Belgian Designer
I prefer a scruffy atmosphere.
Quote examples
Tom Ward
Welsh Actor
I do look better on TV. In real life, I look scruffy and pale, and I get the worst kind of recognition... I get the 'Haven't we met somewhere before?' I suggest it might be because I'm on the telly, and they say, 'No, it's definitely not that. Wasn't it at so-and-so's party?
Quote examples
Robert Pattinson
English Actor
I have been lucky, of course. Like, last year, if I went out, I'd have to fight to chat someone up. This year, I look exactly the same, which is really scruffy, and yet lots of people seem to have just changed their minds and decided I'm really sexy.
Quote examples
Ann Reinking
American Actress
People always remark on how I'm not as tall as I look in film. I tell them about the time I saw Lassie on a studio lot, and she was this tiny scruffy dog. Film makes you larger than life.
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James Jebbia
American Designer
We were making clothes for that New York skater, who is a picky kind of person with good taste He may look scruffy to the outside world, but he's very sharp in the way he dresses.
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Nicollette Sheridan
English Actress
I'm actually more comfortable playing the stroke victim or the girl with no makeup on, looking scruffy and it's all about what's going on inside rather than on the outside.
Quote examples
Nigel Dennis
British Writer
I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy.
Quote examples
Laura Whitmore
Irish Celebrity
If a guy looks in the mirror more than I do it's a bad sign. I like scruffy, but not smelly.
Quote examples
Sadie Frost
English Actress
My style is scruffy with a touch of androgyny.
Quote examples
Dries van Noten
Belgian Designer
I prefer a scruffy atmosphere.
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