scrunkly

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US/ˈskɹʌŋkli/UK/ˈskrʌŋkli/

adjective

Cute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way.

“he is so scrunkly; i love him”

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Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivescrunkly (comparative scrunklier, superlative scrunkliest)

comparative scrunklier · superlative scrunkliest · alternative skrunkly · alternative scrungly · alternative skrungly

  1. InternetCute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way.

    he is so scrunkly; i love him

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    LOL It's ok, even gurus have to sleep once in a while!! Stops the skin going scrunkly, not to be confused with crunkly :-p xx

    [2011 April 23, @IWantAPoem, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023

    2 year difference, i just got scrunklier

    2022 May 16, @pouistired, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2023

    The Cuphead Rolling Dice Game got the scrunkliest artstyle ever, strange how this came out in 2021 yet no one scanned the art (?) well here's a 🧵over these 4 and boss cards:

    2022 September 9, @playtostay1, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2023

    My only halfway serious critique is that elements of Cultic's positively scrunkly low-fi style don't quite do it for me. Now, the environments, the sprites, the chunky voxel decorations? They're all great. The textures evoke the DOS era perfectly. It feels authentic, while pushing a bit beyond '90s limitations in physics and scope. It's the post-processing that goes too far.

    2022 October 12, Dominic Tarason, “Cultic might be the year's grungiest retro FPS”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2023

    Birders will be like ouhhh the scrunkly blorbo 😭 and then show you a dude who looks like this

    2023 February 8, @horrible_bug, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2023

    Synonyms: scrungly

nounscrunkly (plural scrunklies)

plural scrunklies · alternative skrunkly · alternative scrungly · alternative skrungly

  1. InternetespeciallyslanglifestyleA scrunkly person, animal, or thing.

    if my mutual loves a character I'll love them too idc!!! that's my skrunkly in law fr!

    2022 January 27, @J4YJON, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023
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    Immediate reactions to Animal Crossing: New Horizons’; Crumploid were naturally varied. Some expressed worry about the robot's well-being, while others were upset to see him at the end of their shovels at all. One player even described their Crumploid as "the one true skrunkly," a nonsensical phrase that Urban Dictionary tells me means they love him.

    2021 November 10, Ian Walker, “Animal Crossing’s Ugliest Gyroid Is Getting The Most Love From Fans”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023

    The scrunklies. The boys. The absolute unit of round lads. You may not know this but Falinks is peak character design.

    2022 April 12, @ShitpostSwsh, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023

    Most of all: is most of this based on my own personal opinion? Yes, obvi. So if your skrunkly didn't make the top of the list, I guarantee you, it's not because they're the worst skrunkly out there.

    2023 August 9, Madeline Carpou, “The Best Companions in 'Baldur's Gate 3' Have One Thing in Common”, in The Mary Sue, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2023

    Synonyms: scrungly

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way.

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nounA scrunkly person, animal, or thing.

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Origin

Popularized by images shared across social media in late 2020 and early 2021, captioned: "awww the scrunkly 🥰🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 double tap now if you'd scrunkly the when😆". Perhaps a blend of scrunched + crinkly.

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APA

scrunkly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrunkly

MLA

“scrunkly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrunkly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrunkly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrunkly.

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