Definitions

scrappy

[skrap-ee] / ˈskræp i /

ADJECTIVE

belligerent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aggressive combative fierce ornery

WEAK

antagonistic ardent at loggerheads battling bellicose cantankerous contentious fighting flip have a bone to pick have chip on shoulder have it in for hostile hot hot-tempered mean militant on the outs pugnacious quarrelsome truculent warlike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm peaceful

ADJECTIVE

argumentative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

combative

WEAK

belligerent contentious contrary controversial disputatious eristic factious fire-eating having a chip on one's shoulder litigious opinionated polemic polemical pugnacious quarrelsome salty spiky touchy

Example Sentences

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The second half was a scrappy affair until Lynagh's late yellow-card for a deliberate knock-on opened the door for France to finish with aplomb with two tries in the last 10 minutes.

From Barron's

“We don’t have a permit,” cracked host Ego Nwodim, riffing on scrappy independent tactics in her monologue.

From Los Angeles Times

“These lean, scrappy plants are rarely as showy as their ornamental cousins, but when it comes to fragrance, they win every award, hands down,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Marseille scored in the opening minutes of each half to book a place in the quarter-finals of the French Cup with a scrappy, at times fractious, 3-0 victory over visiting Rennes on Tuesday.

From Barron's

Bennett Cerf’s Random House went from scrappy startup to publishing giant.

From The Wall Street Journal

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