Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
scarecrowish

scarecrowish

9.8
Very thin and wearing old, torn clothes like a person made of straw
  • adjective
  • /ˈskɛrˌkroʊɪʃ/
translation icon : esquelético
  • Olaf had big-knuckled hands and scarecrowish arms and legs.

Examples

  • In the distance, we spotted a scarecrowish silhouette standing in the field, dressed in tattered clothes.

  • The actor's scarecrowish figure made him ideal for the role of the haunted farmer.

  • His scarecrowish appearance drew laughter from the children, who thought he looked silly in his old outfit.

Synonyms

scruffy
vsscarecrowish
23 3.8

Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance

focuses more on being very thin and wearing ragged clothes
stalky
vsscarecrowish
1 5.9

Being tall and thin with long awkward arms and legs

is thinner and shown wearing old, ragged clothing as well
scraggy
vsscarecrowish
7.9

Very thin and bony in a way that looks unhealthy

is similar but adds the image of old ragged clothing
trampy
vsscarecrowish
  • Offensive
8.6

Looking dirty and untidy like someone who lives on the streets

is more about extreme thinness and ragged old clothing

Antonyms

well-dressed
29 2.4

Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt

How Scruffy

scarecrowish
9.8
ragged
16 3.2
scruffy
23 3.8
untidy
11 1.0
neat
144 1.0

Surface Forms

scarecrowish positive

Morphology

scarecrowish = scarecrow (transparent) = scarecrow + ish

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ish' to the noun 'scarecrow', so the meaning 'resembling a scarecrow' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word scarecrowish comes from scarecrow, a straw figure put in fields to 'scare' birds, plus the ending -ish, which means 'like' or 'in the style of'. So something scarecrowish looks or moves like a scarecrow, often very thin and wearing old, loose clothes.