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  • 71ragged — adj. 1 (of clothes etc.) torn; frayed. 2 rough; shaggy; hanging in tufts. 3 (of a person) in ragged clothes. 4 with a broken or jagged outline or surface. 5 faulty; imperfect. 6 lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity (ragged rhymes). 7… …

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  • 72scaliness — noun the property of being scaly • Derivationally related forms: ↑scaly • Hypernyms: ↑roughness, ↑raggedness …

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  • 73scratchiness — noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑harshness, ↑abrasiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑scratchy, ↑abrasive (for: ↑abrasiveness), ↑ …

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  • 74seediness — noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing • Syn: ↑shabbiness, ↑manginess, ↑sleaziness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sleazy (for: ↑sleaziness), ↑mangy …

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  • 75shabbiness — noun 1. an unjust act • Syn: ↑injustice, ↑unfairness, ↑iniquity • Derivationally related forms: ↑shabby, ↑unfair (for: ↑unfairness) …

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  • 76shagginess — noun 1. unkemptness of hair • Derivationally related forms: ↑shaggy • Hypernyms: ↑sloppiness, ↑slovenliness, ↑unkemptness 2. roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 77sleaziness — noun 1. morally dishonorable an embarrassing sleaziness that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers • Derivationally related forms: ↑sleazy • Hypernyms: ↑dishonorableness, ↑dishonourableness 2. a lack of elegance as a consequence …

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  • 78spininess — noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines • Syn: ↑prickliness, ↑bristliness, ↑thorniness • Derivationally related forms: ↑thorny (for: ↑thorniness), ↑spiny, ↑ …

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  • 79thorniness — noun 1. a rough and bitter manner • Syn: ↑bitterness, ↑acrimony, ↑acerbity, ↑jaundice, ↑tartness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tart (for: ↑ …

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  • 80tweediness — noun 1. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) • Syn: ↑coarseness, ↑nubbiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tweedy, ↑nubby (for: ↑nubbiness), ↑coarse …

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