Scrawler (Noun)
Meaning
A writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- My grandmother was a talented novelist, but she was also a notorious scrawler whose manuscripts required deciphering.
- The professor struggled to grade the essays, as many of her students were scrawlers, with hasty scribbles that obscured their otherwise excellent ideas.
- Due to his tendency to rush, the journalist had a reputation as a scrawler, leaving his colleagues to unravel his notes.
- Her handwriting was notoriously poor, and it wasn't until she entered college that people began calling her a scrawler.
- As a scrawler, she relied on her editor to transcribe her handwritten drafts into typed manuscripts that could be read with ease.