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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of scabby

First recorded in 1520–30; scab + -y¹

Related forms

scab·bi·ly, adverbscab·bi·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for scabby

Or scabby, old, fake floral arrangements with more dust than petals.
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You could not make head or tail of him; but I know their scabby lingo.
Dariel|R. D. Blackmore
The scabby slabberdegullions still waited for us at the port, expecting to be greased in the fist as well as their masters.
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It is that scabby baby on the third floor, fallen out of bed again, with nobody home to pick him up.
The Promised Land|Mary Antin

Planting gladioli after potato or tomato crops is said to incur risk of scabby stock.
The Gladiolus|Matthew Crawford
Doubtless it concerned but one scabby sheep, yet it served to bring the whole flock into disrepute.
In The Fire Of The Forge, Complete|Georg Ebers

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

scabbily, adverbscabbiness, noun

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Medicine definitions for scabby

scabby

[ skăb′ē ]

adj.

Having, consisting of, or covered with scabs.

Affected with scab or scabies.