daggy (ˈdæɡɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: daggier, daggiest
Australian informal - untidy; dishevelled
- eccentric
Word Origin
from dagfrom 2Synonyms
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untidy,
unkempt,
dishevelled,
tousled,
disordered,
messy,
ruffled,
scruffy,
rumpled,
bedraggled,
ratty,
straggly,
windblown,
disarranged,
mussed up,
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eccentric,
odd,
strange,
bizarre,
weird,
peculiar,
abnormal,
queer,
irregular,
uncommon,
quirky,
out there,
singular,
unconventional,
idiosyncratic,
off-the-wall,
outlandish,
whimsical,
rum,
capricious,
anomalous,
freakish,
aberrant,
wacko,
outré,
Usage examples
I have a daggy old striped sweatshirt -- I love it -- and my slippers.
The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)IT'S A sign of the times that a touch of glamour has finally reached the south coast, long derided as deeply daggy.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)The boring, daggy lesbian is the one associated with difficult, challenging politics.
, The Good, the Bad and the Gorgeous (1994)