scruffy

Questions about scruffy

What does scruffy mean?

scruffy means "shabby and untidy".

How many syllables are in scruffy?

scruffy has 2 syllables: scruf-fy. The stress falls on "scruf". In IPA it is /ˈskɹʌfi/.

What is another word for scruffy?

Close synonyms include seedy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scruffy a common word?

scruffy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for scruffy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.