scraggy
Thin and ragged
Scraggy means thin and bony in an unhealthy or unappealing way: a scraggy stray cat, his scraggy neck.
The word suggests gauntness combined with roughness—not just lean but angular and unkempt.
It can describe sparse, irregular growth: scraggy bushes, a scraggy beard.
The tone is mildly disparaging.
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- wastedUsed without good result
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
bony · scrawny · pinched · lank · starved · undernourished · malnourished · rawboned
Worn to shreds
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- roughUneven in surface
- gnarledTwisted and knotty
- craggyRough with rocky projections
irregular · knotted · rugged · rocky · jutting · angular · spiky · scraped
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
cadaverous · bony · scrawny · pinched · lank · starved · undernourished · malnourished · rawboned · spindly
ragged
Worn to shreds
craggy · irregular · knotted · rugged · rocky · jutting · angular · spiky · scraped · harsh
undersized
Smaller than standard
scrubby · runty · patchy · thin · poor · bare · spindly · dwarfed · puny · weedy
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
bedraggled · tattered · mangy · shaggy · rumpled · frayed · scruffy · untidy · ratty · moth-eaten
scraggly, scrag, scraggier, scragginess, scraggiest, scraggliest