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[ skruhb-ee ] / ˈskrʌb i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR scrubby ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, scrub·bi·er, scrub·bi·est.low or stunted, as trees. consisting of or covered with scrub, stunted trees, etc. undersized or inferior, as animals. wretched; shabby. Origin of scrubbyFirst recorded in 1745–55; scrub2 + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM scrubbyscrub·bi·ly, adverbscrub·bi·ness, nounWords nearby scrubbyscrubbed, scrubber, scrub-bird, scrubboard, scrub brush, scrubby, scrubdown, scrub fowl, scrub jay, scrubland, scrub nurse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scrubbyThere is one scrubby little orange kitten who is arguably the luckiest creature on Earth. ‘Bones’ Creator Hart Hanson on Working with Michael Clarke Duncan|Hart Hanson|September 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Why has so much attention been given to this tiny, miserable village and its scrubby little patch of land? Susiya: A Human Rights Calamity|Kathleen Peratis|August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Who is that common-looking little man with the scrubby beard, and the very yellow gloves—how does he come to be here? They are usually seen at low elevations in scrubby underbrush. Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
You will meet with these Buntings along roadsides lined with scrubby trees or bushes, or in pastures or along the edges of swamps. Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed And he is all scrubby and tobacco-ey, and I won't have him for an uncle,' cried Primrose. Beechcroft at Rockstone|Charlotte M. Yonge Around us a little while ago stretched a scrubby, gloomy forest, but it is now magnificent and cheerful. The Masters of the Peaks|Joseph A. Altsheler
British Dictionary definitions for scrubby
adjective -bier or -biestcovered with or consisting of scrub (of trees or vegetation) stunted in growth British informal messy Derived forms of scrubbyscrubbiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to scrubbybedraggled, broken-down, crummy, decayed, decaying, decrepit, deteriorated, dilapidated, dingy, disreputable, faded, mangy, moth-eaten, pitiful, poverty-stricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, run-down |