ungroomed

ADJECTIVE

scraggly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bedraggled scruffy unkempt

WEAK

badly dressed badly worn dilapidated dingy dirty disheveled frayed frazzled full of holes grubby grungy in tatters messy moth-eaten shabby sloppy tacky tattered threadbare torn unclean uncombed worse for wear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

kempt neat tidy

ADJECTIVE

scruffy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

seedy shabby tacky tattered threadbare unkempt

WEAK

badly groomed frowzy mangy messy ragged run down slovenly untidy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

nice

WEAK

kempt smooth tidy

ADJECTIVE

unkempt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bedraggled dilapidated disheveled grubby grungy messy neglected rumpled scruffy shaggy

WEAK

coarse crude dirty disarranged disarrayed disordered messed-up mussed-up rough slipshod slovenly tousled unclean uncombed unfastidious unimproved unneat unpolished untidy vulgar

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean kempt neat ordered smooth tidy

WEAK

trim

Example Sentences

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Ungroomed and unmatched, Keisel's beard has taken on a life of its own.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2011