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scabby

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scab·by  (skb)
adj. scab·bi·er, scab·bi·est
1. Having, consisting of, or covered with scabs.
2. Affected with scab or scabies.
3. Informal Contemptible; vile: scabby greed.
scabbi·ly adv.
scabbi·ness n.
scabby
Adjective
[-bier, -biest]
1. Pathol covered with scabs
2. Informal mean or despicable
scabbiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.scabby - covered with scabs
rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
Translations
scabby [ˈskæbɪ] adj → croûteux/euse
scabby [ˈskæbɪ] scab (pej) adj (hands, skin) → schorfig
scabby [ˈskæbɪ] adj → crostoso/a


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Wherever there is aught puny, or sickly, or scabby, there do they creep like lice; and only my disgust preventeth me from cracking them.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Often have you bested me in the secret councils of Issus, but now in the field of war where men are truly gauged your scabby heart hath revealed its sores to all the world.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
or I will search you, were you as leprous as Job, and as scabby as Caesar
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