scruffier
Less neat-looking now
Scruffier is the comparative form of scruffy, meaning more unkempt, shabby, or rough around the edges than something else: He looked even scruffier than usual after camping for a week.
The word suggests an untidy but not necessarily unpleasant appearance—worn clothes, messy hair, stubble.
Disordered, especially hair
- rumpledCrinkled from neglect
- messyLacking order or neatness
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- bedraggledWet, dirty, untidy
mussed · frowsy · slovenly · raggedy · straggly · scraggly · tangled · matted
Eroded by exposure
- grizzledStreaked with gray
- unshavenHaving facial bristles
- stubblyHaving short rough growth
- rough-hewnCoarsely cut, left unsmoothed
leathery · outdoorsy · wild · woodsy · hardy · adventurous · wilderness · backcountry
tousled
Disordered, especially hair
bedraggled · mussed · frowsy · slovenly · raggedy · straggly · scraggly · tangled · matted · windswept
grubby
Soiled and unkempt
stained · dirty · muddy · dusty · grungy · unwashed · spotted · begrimed · tattered · threadbare
weathered
Eroded by exposure
rough-hewn · leathery · outdoorsy · wild · woodsy · hardy · adventurous · wilderness · backcountry · tough