scrubby
adjectiveHow many syllables in scrubby?
There are 2 syllables in the word scrubby.How to pronounce scrubby:
Definition of scrubby:
- scrubby (adjective):
- (of plants) stunted
- inferior in size or quality.
- inferior in size or quality stunted
Synonyms for scrubby:
abandoned
beat-up
bombed-out
broken
desolate
dilapidated
down-at-heel
down-at-the-heel
down-at-the-heels
dumpy
gone to seed
grungy
inferior
mangy
meagre
miserable
neglected
ragged
ratty
ruined
run-down
scrawny
scruffy
seedy
shabby
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Antonyms for scrubby:
classy
clean
elegant
fashionable
good
high-class
high-toned
honest
luxurious
neat
nice
posh
respectable
ritzy
smart
swanky
swish
top-drawer
up-market
upmarket
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- grander
- diffused
- witnessed
- trances
- snuggly
- cahoot
- bobbling
- reassure
- propelled
- plateaued
- intact
- exults
- cobbled
- propping
- bellhops
- parle
- ironed
- inclines
- deride
- barroom
- worsen
- wiggling
- habile
- balked
- rumal
- relieves
- eco
- amends
- yokel
- titter
- snapper
- smarten
- replayed
- pretense
- glasshouse
- spluttered
- reunite
- bullies
- ami
- ako
- uptrack
- shaded
- repress
- glimpses
- snow-capped
- gulping
- anguished
- widened
- therein
- swampy
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