scabby
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scabby
- /ˈskæb.i/
Rhymes with -æbi
Where it comes from
From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.
adjective scabbier · scabbiest
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Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind,
So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.
Similar: reef
- Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.
- Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
- Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
- Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line). The police, the governor, and the "scabby" Hearst Examiner "received a tremendous razzing," according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march "the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]"
- stingy; scrounging. The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.
Similar: scabrous, roynish, scabby, scabrate, scabrid, scald, scalled, scurvy · Opposite: smooth
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adj full of scabs
| Português | sarnento |
|---|---|
| Français | croûteux |
| Русский | шелуди́вый šeludívyj, парши́вый paršívyj |
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