Scabby
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskæb.i/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Scabby is an adjective meaning Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
Meaning
Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
More Meanings
- Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.
- (printing) 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).
- (Ireland, UK, slang) stingy; scrounging.
Example Sentences
The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.
You never bring you’re own pen but always ask to borrow mine, you scabby git!
I lent you a fiver last week and you still haven’t paid me back, you scabby bastard!
Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.
Word Forms
- scabbier
- scabbiest
Synonyms for scabby
Depending on context, synonyms include reef, scabrous, roynish, scabrate, scabrid, scald.
Antonyms for scabby
Common opposites include smooth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rough, unsmooth, scabbed, scald, scabbish, scurvy.
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