Spruce and Scrubby

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Spruce adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.

Usage example: a slim, spruce man in a tailor-made business suit

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Scrubby is an antonym for spruce.

Nearby Words: spruced, sprucing

Scrubby adjective - Showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect.

Usage example: changed into an old flannel shirt and a scrubby pair of jeans to clean out the garage

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Spruce is an antonym for scrubby.

Nearby Words: scrub, scrubbed, scrubber, scrubbing

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