'Scrawl' definitions:

Definition of 'scrawl'

From: WordNet
noun
Poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography]
verb
Write carelessly [syn: scribble, scrawl]

Definition of 'Scrawl'

From: GCIDE
  • Scrawl \Scrawl\, v. i. See Crawl. [Obs.] --Latimer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scrawl'

From: GCIDE
  • Scrawl \Scrawl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrawling.] [Probably corrupted from scrabble.] To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter. [1913 Webster]
  • His name, scrawled by himself. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scrawl'

From: GCIDE
  • Scrawl \Scrawl\, v. i. To write unskillfully and inelegantly. [1913 Webster]
  • Though with a golden pen you scrawl. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scrawl'

From: GCIDE
  • Scrawl \Scrawl\ (skr[add]l), n. Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written. [1913 Webster]
  • The left hand will make such a scrawl, that it will not be legible. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'scrawl'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Scrawl'