Scrawl (Noun)
Meaning
Poor handwriting.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Her handwriting was so bad it was just a scrawl on the page that few people could decipher.
- After years of practice the doctor still couldn't improve her signature, which remained a messy scrawl.
- Due to her Parkinson's disease, her handwriting had degenerated into an illegible scrawl.
- The professor had difficulty grading the student's exam because the answers were written in an unintelligible scrawl.
- The child's excited letter to Santa Claus was a barely legible scrawl, full of smiles and exclamation points.