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scrunkly

/ˈskrʌŋkli//ˈskɹʌŋkli/

scrunkly adjective: cute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way.

scrunkly: cute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way
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Adjective

scrunkly (comparative scrunklier, superlative scrunkliest)

  1. (Internet) Cute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way.
    • he is so scrunkly; i love him
    • LOL It's ok, even gurus have to sleep once in a while!! Stops the skin going scrunkly, not to be confused with crunkly :-p xx[2011 April 23, @IWantAPoem, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023
    Synonyms:
    scrungly

Noun

scrunkly (plural scrunklies)

  1. (Internet, especially, slang) A scrunkly person, animal, or thing.
    • Immediate reactions to Animal Crossing: New Horizons’; Crumploid were naturally varied. Some expressed worry about the robot's well-being, while others were upset to see him at the end of their shovels at all. One player even described their Crumploid as "the one true skrunkly," a nonsensical...2021 November 10, Ian Walker, “Animal Crossing’s Ugliest Gyroid Is Getting The Most Love From Fans”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023
    • if my mutual loves a character I'll love them too idc!!! that's my skrunkly in law fr!2022 January 27, @J4YJON, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023
    Synonyms:
    scrungly

Examples of scrunkly in a sentence

  • My only halfway serious critique is that elements of Cultic's positively scrunkly low-fi style don't quite do it for me.2022 October 12, Dominic Tarason, “Cultic might be the year's grungiest retro FPS”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2023:
  • Birders will be like ouhhh the scrunkly blorbo 😭 and then show you a dude who looks like this2023 February 8, @horrible_bug, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2023:

Synonyms of scrunkly

Forms of scrunkly

Adjective
comparativescrunklier
superlativescrunkliest
alternative formskrunkly
alternative formscrungly
alternative formskrungly
Noun
pluralscrunklies

Origin of scrunkly

Popularized by images shared across social media in late 2020 and early 2021, captioned: "awww the scrunkly 🥰🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 double tap now if you'd scrunkly the when😆". Perhaps a blend of scrunched + crinkly.

Questions about scrunkly

What does scrunkly mean?
Scrunkly means cute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way.
How do you use scrunkly in a sentence?
My only halfway serious critique is that elements of Cultic's positively scrunkly low-fi style don't quite do it for me.
What part of speech is scrunkly?
Scrunkly can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce scrunkly?
Scrunkly is pronounced /ˈskɹʌŋkli/ (US).

Words near scrunkly in the dictionary

  1. scrungly
  2. scrungy
  3. scrunklier
  4. scrunklies
  5. scrunkliest
  6. scrunkly
  7. scrunt
  8. scrunted
  9. scrunting
  10. scrunts
  11. scrunty

Source and license

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