Translations for „scraggy“ in the English » German Dictionary

scrag·gy [ˈskrægi] ADJ

1. scraggy pej:

scraggy (thin and bony)

dürr

scraggy (stronger)

klapperdürr inf

scraggy neck

hagerer Hals

2. scraggy pej meat:

scraggy

mager

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scraggy neck

hagerer Hals

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This scraggy-haired, intense-looking young man whose performance dazzled the judges.

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He had grown a scraggy beard and his wispy greying hair was in need of a trim.

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Well, the beach in front of the hotel is a touch scraggy -- but then, in a way you don't need it.

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I was such a scraggy little thing.

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It was bad, scraggy even.

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He is often portrayed as an ugly old man with dirty face, scraggy beard, and messy hair held by a golden band.

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His self-caricatures show a pathetic scarecrow figure, ugly, scraggy and unlovable.

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The scraggy branches of a tree in the foreground run out at us as if they would scratch our eyes out.

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Lambs are in the fields, gaunt, big heads, scraggy bodies.

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In our last garden, we took on a scraggy yew tree, and over a period of six years, tried to sculpt it into a piece of topiary.

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