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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Their life together is tinged with the absence of Lily’s mother, who only occasionally appears, thin-armed and scabby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
"It was a busy weekend and there were a lot of people ready for a day out. There was me, absolutely stinking, wheeling this box and eating bits of scabby old sandwich."
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
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
Shoggoths are hideous to look at — pale, bulbous, covered in scabby, asymmetric eyes — and deadly to encounter, with concentric rows of gnarled teeth that turn trespassers into tartare.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2020
Which is probably why Edna raises her scabby hand right away.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
Thus, they would call their dogs and their asses by his name, and the dogs would be the scabbiest in the streets, and the asses the laziest in the market.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Sir Hall Caine
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