scrubby

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Covered with or consisting of scrub.
2. Inferior in size or quality.

Noun

1. (diminutive, form-of) Diminutive of scrubber: a small scrubber for light washing tasks.
2. (informal) a loofah.

scrubber

1. A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
2. A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks.
3. A device that removes impurities from gases.
4. (historical) A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
5. (Commonwealth) An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
6. (Australia) Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
7. (Ireland, UK, slang) A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
8. (Ireland, UK, slang) A dirty or unhygienic person.
9. A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.

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Sinonieme

stunted

scrub

scrawny

scrabbly

runty

decayed

dragged

fluffy

forlorn

fuzzy

haggard

hairy

humiliated

insignificant

miserable

paltry

peaky

piteous

abject

rugose

scraggy

seedy

shabby

shaggy

shrunk

shrunken

skinny

sorry

swept

underdeveloped

undersized

wretched

wrinkly

pitiable

beggarly

bosky

deplorable

disgraceful

downy

Vertalings

rabougri

bodur

çelimsiz

renocat

armselig

struppig

ελεεινός

αξύριστος

ζαρωμένος

καχεκτικός

insignifiant

piètre

balayé par le vent

couvert de broussailles

borstelig

Etimologie (Engels)

From scrub + -y.