scabby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
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).
stingy; scrounging.

/ˈskæb.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scabby.wav

scabby scabbier scabbiest

From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.

scabrous roynish scabby scabrate scabrid scald scalled scurvy reef

smooth

dandruffy scarious scruffy scurfy sloughy

scabbily scabbiness scabby sheep

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