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scragged

scragged adjective: rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy. Also the simple past and past participle of scrag.

Adjective

scragged (comparative more scragged, superlative most scragged)

  1. Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy.
    • a scragged backbone
    • a scragged branch
  2. Lean and rough; scraggy.
    • a scragged woman

Also used as

scragged is also the simple past and past participle of scrag.

Forms of scragged

comparativemore scragged
superlativemost scragged

Questions about scragged

What does scragged mean?
Scragged means rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy.
What part of speech is scragged?
Scragged is an adjective.

Words near scragged in the dictionary

  1. scrag whales
  2. scrag-end
  3. scrag-ends
  4. scrage
  5. scrages
  6. scragged
  7. scraggedness
  8. scraggier
  9. scraggiest
  10. scraggily
  11. scragginess

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