adjective
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pathol having an area of the skin covered with scabs
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obsolete pathol having scabies
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informal despicable
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Something is genuinely off about the goings-on at the conference, from strange deaths and elevators that suddenly aren’t elevators, to a rash of scabby infections afflicting guests and the discovery of a subterranean tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
"My daughter has a rash across her leg, which is scabby and itchy, and my eldest has anxiety and worries constantly about the mould."
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024
I caught a glimpse of ruined bungalows and scabby pastures, and at a hill-like dump, a pack of dogs tearing at garbage.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020
Scratching your bow and scratching your scabby elbows!
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
After that he could organize lessons under the courtyard’s scabby mango, teaching literacy to any guard or fellow prisoner who felt like improving himself on a given day.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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