scragginess
Bony, disheveled appearance
Scragginess is the quality of being scraggy—thin, bony, and rough-looking.
It describes the gaunt appearance of an underfed animal, the sparse irregularity of a poorly maintained hedge, or the unkempt wiriness of an ungroomed beard.
The scragginess of the stray cat suggested it had been fending for itself for weeks.
Uneven surface quality
- jaggednessUneven, pointed quality
- scratchinessRough, irritating texture quality
- raggednessUneven, worn quality
- bristlinessQuality of having stiff hairs
coarseness · prickliness · shagginess · wiriness · dishevelment · unkemptness · tatteredness · frazzled
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- wizenedShrunken from age
- drawnRendered in lines
bony · angular · pinched · wasted · lank · starved · cadaverous · rawboned
roughness
Uneven surface quality
- jaggednessUneven, pointed quality
- scratchinessRough, irritating texture quality
- raggednessUneven, worn quality
bristliness · coarseness · prickliness · shagginess · wiriness · dishevelment · unkemptness · tatteredness · frazzled · bedraggled
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
drawn · bony · angular · pinched · wasted · lank · starved · cadaverous · rawboned · underfed
gnarled
Twisted and knotty
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
- brambledOvergrown with thorny shrubs
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
weedy · shrubby · brushy · brambly · tangled · wild · unkempt · thicket · underbrush · scrubland
patchy
Irregular in coverage
wispy · scattered · uneven · spotty · thinning · balding · threadbare · straggly · bare · gappy
- sloppinessmessiness, untidiness, dishevelment, slovenliness, unkemptness
- raggednesstattered, shabby, worn, threadbare, frayed
scragginessplumpness
Condition of being full-figured
chubbiness · fatness · corpulence · fleshiness · rotundity
scragginesssleekness
Smooth, lustrous quality
smoothness · glossiness · lushness · neatness · trimness