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scrunty

scrunty adjective: poor; bare; barren.

Adjective

scrunty (comparative more scrunty, superlative most scrunty)

  1. (UK, obsolete, regional) Poor; bare; barren.
  2. (UK, obsolete, regional) Small; mean; contemptible.
  3. (UK, obsolete, regional) Stingy; miserly.

Forms of scrunty

comparativemore scrunty
superlativemost scrunty

Origin of scrunty

From scrunt + -y.

Questions about scrunty

What does scrunty mean?
Scrunty means poor; bare; barren.
What part of speech is scrunty?
Scrunty is an adjective.

Words near scrunty in the dictionary

  1. scrunkly
  2. scrunt
  3. scrunted
  4. scrunting
  5. scrunts
  6. scrunty
  7. scruple
  8. scruple-shop
  9. scruple-shops
  10. scrupled
  11. scrupleless

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