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dreggy

[ dreg-ee ]
/ ˈdrɛg i /
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adjective, dreg·gi·er, dreg·gi·est.
abounding in or like dregs; filthy; muddy.
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Origin of dreggy

1400–50; late Middle English. See dreg, -y1

OTHER WORDS FROM dreggy

dreg·gi·ness, noun

Words nearby dreggy

dredge up, dredging machine, Dred Scott Decision, dree, dreg, dreggy, D region, dregs, Dreibund, dreich, dreidel
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Words related to dreggy

contaminated, crummy, disheveled, dusty, filthy, greasy, grimy, messy, muddy, murky, nasty, polluted, sloppy, stained, unkempt, bedraggled, begrimed, black, defiled, disarrayed

How to use dreggy in a sentence

  • It is black and dreggy, but with a little sugar it is not bad.

    Gorillas & Chimpanzees|R. L. Garner

  • But I cannot believe that the mountain stock ever received this dreggy mixture from the Shires.

    The Welsh Pony|Olive Tilford Dargan

  • He sipped the dreggy coffee as if it were the mulled wine of a New Year's night.

    A Yankee from the West|Opie Read

  • To Jess, accustomed to the mild but beautiful savor of a country town, the dreggy Bohemia was sugar and spice.

    The Trimmed Lamp|O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for dreggy

dreggy
/ (ˈdrɛɡɪ) /
adjective -gier or -giest
like or full of dregs
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