scrawled
past simple and past participle ofscrawl
scrawl
verb[T]
uk/skrɔːl/us/skrɑːl/to write somethingquickly, withouttryingto makeyourwritingtidyoreasytoread:
I scrawled aquicknotetoJudith and put it under herdoor.
Someone had scrawledgraffitiacrossthewall.
Synonym
scribble
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- tab
- unwritten
- writ
- writing
Examplesofscrawled
scrawled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Would he havescrawledthose words if he was content with the truthful version?
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The vandals evenscrawledobscene rhymes on the walls, threatening to sort her out with a crowbar.
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The very first line on myscrawlednote relates to the question of adverse selection.
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I havescrawledin the margin of my copy that the reason is that they all have gone to prison instead.
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Perhaps the windows of the family home have been broken and graffitiscrawledon the walls.
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Scrawledon the back is a message to her from a thousand years ago.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He throws a soup can down through the chimney with a messagescrawledon it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It also features the album title and her namescrawledin orange text.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As she worked her way back to the stage, she again hugged fans, squeezed their outstretched hands andscrawledquick autographs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On some 550s owned by privateers, a crude hand written numberscrawledin house paint usually served the purpose.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The names of students and alumni who have visited the tunnels appearscrawledthroughout the tunnels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Supposedly the idea it just struck him while eating, and hescrawledthe concept on paper tablecloth, and it eventually blossomed into the fiendwurm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His drawings and comments have an air of spontaneity, as if they had beenscrawledjust a minute or so before press time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Makeshift signs were made on pieces of cardboardscrawledon by a black marker.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also comes across many hateful and cryptic messagesscrawledon the walls.
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- degree of consensus
- degree of consensus
- degree of consistency
- degree of continuity
- degree of continuity
- degree of cooperation
- degree of coordination
- degree of coordination
- degree of credibility
- degree of culpability
- degree of dependence
- degree of deprivation
- degree of differentiation
- degree of difficulty
- degree of difficulty
- degree of discomfort
- degree of discomfort
- degree of discretion
- degree of discretion
- degree of dissatisfaction
- degree of flexibility
- degree of formality
- degree of freedom
- degree of heterogeneity
- degree of impairment