Scraggly vs Rugged - What's the difference?
scraggly | rugged |
Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.
* 1913 , , John Barleycorn , ch. 31:
* 1980 Nov. 24, John Skow, "
Jagged or uneven; scraggy.
* 1916 , , Georgina of the Rainbows , ch. 24:
* 2001 Sep. 7, , "
Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough
* 1870 , (Mark Twain), Roughing It , Chapter LXV
Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
* 2011 , Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair
Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
* 1897 , Kate Chopin, A Morning Walk
(of a person) strong, sturdy, well-built
* 2010 , Arthru Queen Jr., Young Man: Ageless Fatherly Wisdom to Hold
(of land) rocky and bare of plantlife
* 2013 , Vicky Baker in The Guardian ,
* 1971 , United States Forest Service, Search for solitude: our wilderness heritage
Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
Harsh; grating; rough to the ear -- said of sound, style, and the like.
Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
* 1908 , Rafael Sabatini, The Abduction
Violent; rude; boisterous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
* 1909 , (Jack London), Martin Eden
(computing, of a computer) designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions
* 2011 , Nick Fletcher,
Having a rug or rugs.
Covered with a rug.
(rug)
As adjectives the difference between scraggly and rugged
is that scraggly is rough, scruffy, or unkempt while rugged is broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.As a verb rugged is
past tense of rug.scraggly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The sunburn of my face, what little of it could be seen through a scraggly growth of beard, had faded to a sickly yellow.
In Arizona: A Million Dollar Sale of Cowboy Art," Time :
- What he painted was scenes of the Old West, cowboys and Indians, cattle and horses. Pictures scraggly with sagebrush.
- She would be so happy . . . that she wouldn't notice the spelling or the scraggly writing.
At the MTV Awards: Redheads and Circuses," Time :
- "I have no idea," the young woman said, checking over the scraggly illegible signature the mystery woman had left her in her autograph book.
Derived terms
* scragglinessrugged
English
(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- By and by, after a rugged climb, we halted on the summit of a hill which commanded a far-reaching view.
- Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.
- His hair was light and rather thin; his face strong and rugged from exposure, and his eyes narrow and observant.
- Many women and men delude themselves into thinking that only the hardest and most rugged man is attractive and to many it may be the case.
Riding with the cowboys on a Mexico ranch
- Hidden within 30,000 acres of rugged private land, the ranch is cocooned by peaks and canyons in all directions.
- Much of the area can be seen only by hikers who travel without trails to the higher reaches of this rugged mountain range.
- "Ah!" sighed the unimaginative Granby, and his honest, rugged face grew clouded. Pepper puffed in silence for a moment or two; then spoke.
- "Her gaze rested for a moment on the muscular neck, heavy corded, almost bull-like, bronzed by the sun, spilling over with rugged health and strength..."
Psion drops 2% after supply chain issues push it into loss
- Psion, which supplies a range of rugged hand held computers, has lost nearly 2% after announcing a plunge into the red.