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scrubby - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'scrubby' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scrubby [ superl.]
- Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.

Meaning of 'scrubby' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scrubby [ s]
Meaning (1):
- inferior in size or quality
Example in sentence:
  • old stunted thorn trees;
  • scrawny cattle;
  • scrubby cut-over pine
Meaning (2):
- sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
Example in sentence:
  • open scrubby woods

Nearby Words:

scrabbed eggs scrabble scrabbled scrabbling scraber scraffle scrag scrag-necked scragged scraggedness

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