scruffyadjective
uk/ˈskrʌf.i/us/ˈskrʌf.i/C2 untidy and looking a little dirty :
They live in a scruffy part of town.
a small, scruffy-looking man
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Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the place idiom
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodstained
- cat
- inky
- look like something the cat brought/dragged in idiom
- manky
- messy
- mucky
- ragged
- squalid
- streaky
- tangle
- tangled
- tarnish
- tousled
- unclean
- unkempt
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scruffily
adverb uk/ˈskrʌf.əl.i/us/ˈskrʌf.əl.i/