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Antonyms for ungroomed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : groom, groom
Phonetic Transcription : grum, grʊm



Definition of ungroomed

Origin :
  • c.1200, grome "male child, boy;" c.1300 as "youth, young man." No known cognates in other Germanic languages. Perhaps from Old English *groma, related to growan "grow;" or from Old French grommet "servant" (cf. Middle English gromet "ship's boy," early 13c.). Meaning "male servant who attends to horses" is from 1660s.
  • As in scraggly : adj ragged
  • As in scruffy : adj rough, bedraggled
  • As in unkempt : adj shabby, sloppy
Example sentences :
  • Though rough and ungroomed, they are well fed, as they need to be, for a rest of only six hours is allowed between stages.
  • Extract from : « Small Horses in Warfare » by Sir Walter Gilbey
  • Tall and ungroomed, the feather on her bonnet hung dejected by a thread, and three buttons were off her rusty shoe!
  • Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
  • He indicated an ungroomed chestnut horse, fenced off by a couple of long sapling poles in a corner of the stock-yard.
  • Extract from : « Joe Wilson and His Mates » by Henry Lawson
  • At length two of them came riding up on rough, ungroomed ponies, with baskets on their arms.
  • Extract from : « Ben Burton » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • Four ungroomed, unshod horses are hitched on, and their plunging and capering shows they are impatient to be off.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Synonyms for ungroomed

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