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Meaning of "scruffier" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCRUFFIER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRUFFIER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scruffier is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRUFFIER

scrubbily
scrubbiness
scrubbing
scrubbing brush
scrubby
scrubland
scrubs
scrubwoman
scrubwomen
scruff
scruffiest
scruffily
scruffiness
scruffy
scrum
scrum half
scrumdown
scrummage
scrummager
scrummed

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRUFFIER

amplifier
chaffier
daffier
Escoffier
fier
fluffier
greffier
humidifier
identifier
iffier
miffier
modifier
puffier
qualifier
sniffier
snuffier
spiffier
squiffier
stuffier
whiffier

Synonyms and antonyms of scruffier in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCRUFFIER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scruffier» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scruffier

Translation of «scruffier» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRUFFIER

Find out the translation of scruffier to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scruffier from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scruffier» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一伙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scruffier
570 millions of speakers

English

scruffier
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scruffier
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scruffier
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потрепанным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scruffier
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scruffier
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scruffier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scruffier
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scruffier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scruffier
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scruffier
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scruffier
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scruffier
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scruffier
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Scruffier
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scruffier
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scruffier
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scruffier
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пошарпаним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scruffier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποταπά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scruffier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scruffier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scruffier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scruffier

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRUFFIER»

The term «scruffier» is used very little and occupies the 160.308 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRUFFIER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scruffier

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QUOTES WITH «SCRUFFIER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scruffier.
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Ashton Kutcher
The scruffier your beard, the sharper you need to dress.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRUFFIER»

Discover the use of scruffier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scruffier and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemical Attraction:
'Let's turn it around. If you wear scruffier clothes, what are you doing?' 'Looking scruffier,' I replied. 'You know what I mean. If you wear scruffier clothes than the interviewer, you're putting yourself above them.Agreed?' 'No,' I said 'disagreed.
Mike Uden, 2014
2
Sessional Papers
Before and after the corn came up the weeder was used, and until it was too high to permit the working of a horse, a scruffier was run at short intervals. No weeds were allowed to appear. When cut for ensilage, on September 7, all varieties ...
‎1901
3
Becoming Mrs Kumar
The queue jumping actually made me felt less conspicuous amidst all these perfectly groomed twenty-somethings—I might have been older and a little scruffier, but I had the connections that mattered. The interior was equally stylish: there was ...
Heather Saville Gupta, 2013
4
Overtime: the Legend of Trey ''shooter'' Parrish/ Liberty ...
I guess I kinda got lucky as my finger prints didn't match anything. Had it been a week later, they would most definitely have had my prints and my picture. I had no idea what to do next I walked the streets by day, getting scruffier and scruffier all ...
Howie Thompson, 2012
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Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
In hoeing I do not attempt singling the plants the first time over, but leave 2 or 3 together, 10 inches apart ; afterwards singling them with the hoe and hand, using the scruffier when-necessary, just as the weeds may spring up ; and if the land ...
‎1839
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A glossary of the Cleveland dialect
Comp. the parallel forms scuff, scruff, of the neck, namely ; scuffle, scruffle, a personal contention ; scuffler, scruffier, a horse-hoe, for use among ridged crops ; scufflings. Scruff, Scruffments, scroff, refuse of wood, fuel, &c. Scuffin is related to  ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
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Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario
The systematic and continued use of the horse hoe or scruffier is indispensable if success is desired Begin early ; on light soils it may even be necessary, m some seasons, to commence the cultivation before the young plants are up.
Ontario. Legislative Assembly, 1889
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THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICILTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND ...
In hoeing I do not attempt singling the plants the first time over, but leave 2 or 3 together, 10 inches apart ; afterwards singling them with the hoe and hand, using the scruffier when necessary, just as the weeds may spring up ; and if the land ...
JOHN MURRAY, ALEBEMARLE STREET., 1843
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Annual Report of the Minister of Agriculture and Food
The systematic and continued use of the horse hoe or scruffier is indispensable if success is desired. Begin early ; on light soils it may even be necessary, in some seasons, to commence the cultivation before the young plants are up.
Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food, 1889
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Reports
Before and after the corn came up the wceder was used, and until it was too high to permit the working of a horse, a scruffier was run at short intervals. No weeJs were allowed to appear. When cut for ensilage, on September 7, all varieties ...
Canada. Experimental Farms, 1902

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCRUFFIER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scruffier is used in the context of the following news items.
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No. 4: Libertine Liquor Bar
Now that the Libertine is open in a new, decidedly scruffier spot in the basement of Pizzology on Mass Ave, the formalwear has returned. And somehow, it looks ... «Indianapolis Monthly, Jul 15»
2
Pevensey and Pevensey Bay
It all makes Pevensey and Pevensey Bay look just that bit scruffier. LAND FOR SALE If you are waiting at Pevensey Bay Halt you may have noticed a piece of ... «Eastbourne Herald, Jul 15»
3
New releases on disc
... Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner; and Don Siegel's scruffier 1964 version, starring Lee Marvin, John Cassa-vetes, Angie Dickinson, and, in his final movie role, ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
4
Woman's claim of possibly seeing escapees leads to manhunt
“The one that I seen had reddish-brown colored beard, thicker in the goatee area, scruffier everywhere else, looked pretty dirty,” she said, describing one of the ... «Politics on the Hudson, Jun 15»
5
Paris symphony hall heads to city's scruffier side to build community
The new Philharmonie of Paris complex sits far from the city's culturally rich center in order to foster development of a 'Grand Paris' that embraces its outer ... «Christian Science Monitor, Apr 15»
6
CompaniesFoxtons sales slide as high-end London slows
Foxtons – known for its agents' green Mini Coopers and its attempts to gentrify scruffier parts of London – has been a darling of the capital's property boom, ... «Financial Times, Jan 15»
7
Hardship continues for residents of Al Khubairah Towers in Abu Dhabi
“In general, the building's getting scruffier and scruffier by the week,” he said. “It is a concern and of course no one's told us what's happening regarding the road ... «The National, Jan 15»
8
Andrew Garfield shows off scruffy beard in New York City
Andrew Garfield looked scruffier than ever as he stepped out in New ... Andrew Garfield looked scruffier than ever as he stepped out in New York City on Friday. «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
9
Downtown Shaman
... a decent apartment in Manhattan for a hundred dollars a month, perhaps for much less if you were willing to venture into one of the scruffier parts of downtown. «The New Yorker, Nov 14»
10
'John Wick': What the Critics Are Saying
... man on fire: If anyone deserves a Liam Neeson-like tough guy renaissance, it's this scruffier, more charmingly stoic version of the once-awkwardly robotic star. «Hollywood Reporter, Oct 14»

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