scabby

[ skab-ee ]

/ ˈskæb i /

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adjective, scab·bi·er, scab·bi·est.

covered with scabs; having many scabs.

consisting of scabs.

(of an animal or plant) having scab.

Informal. mean or contemptible: a scabby trick.

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Origin of scabby

First recorded in 1520–30; scab + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM scabby

scab·bi·ly, adverbscab·bi·ness, noun

Words nearby scabby

scab, scabbard, scabbardfish, scabbed, scabble, scabby, scabby mouth, scabicide, scabies, scabietic, scabious

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How to use scabby in a sentence

One was barely alive, her tiny body almost furless, her skin scabby and inflamed, her tail a sparsity of filaments.
How a sickly squirrel offered me unexpected comfort|Pam Spritzer|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Or scabby, old, fake floral arrangements with more dust than petals.
Gordon Ramsay: 7 Hotel Horrors!|Gordon Ramsay|August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool.
Beautiful Joe|Marshall Saunders
When a man grows scabby, take him to the bath, give him a thorough cleaning, put clean clothes on him—and he will get well.
Mother|Maksim Gorky

It was that scabby greenhorn who must have taken it into her head.
Yekl|Abraham Cahan
In the whole fair there aren't more than four scabby rams and the Saint Joseph's ass.
Under the Shadow of Etna|Giovanni Verga
It is mine,” quickly replied Rabbit, “and the little scabby heifer belongs to Elephant.
My Dark Companions|Henry M. Stanley

British Dictionary definitions for scabby

scabby

/ (ˈskæbɪ) /

adjective -bier or -biest

pathol having an area of the skin covered with scabs

pathol obsolete having scabies

informal despicable

Derived forms of scabby

scabbily, adverbscabbiness, noun

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Medical definitions for scabby

scabby

[ skăb′ē ]

adj.

Having, consisting of, or covered with scabs.

Affected with scab or scabies.

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