scrungy
/ˈskrʌndʒi/
scrungy adjective: grungy; shabby and dirty.
Adjective
scrungy (comparative scrungier, superlative scrungiest)
- grungy; shabby and dirty
- Along a scrungy area of Fourteenth Street, a dim light glowed four stories above the white ground. A shadow paced behind the window, sipping from a goblet, pausing occasionally to stare at the wind-swept scene below.2000, Jason Fury, His Eyes Were Dark, He Licked His Lips, page 10
- His logic overwhelmed me and I found that drinking beer in a scrungy dump featuring dirt floors and a scratching chicken at 9 am, seemed perfectly normal after a couple of days.2011, Charles Pflueger, Island Fever: Life Adventures in Search of Island Paradise, page 85
Forms of scrungy
| comparative | scrungier |
|---|---|
| superlative | scrungiest |
Origin of scrungy
From scrunge + -y.
Questions about scrungy
- What does scrungy mean?
- Scrungy means grungy; shabby and dirty.
- What part of speech is scrungy?
- Scrungy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scrungy?
- Scrungy is pronounced /ˈskrʌndʒi/.
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