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scab·by

 (skăb′ē)
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.

scab′bi·ly adv.
scab′bi·ness n.
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scabby

(ˈskæbɪ)
adj, -bier or -biest
1. (Pathology) pathol having an area of the skin covered with scabs
2. (Pathology) pathol obsolete having scabies
3. informal despicable
ˈscabbily adv
ˈscabbiness n
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scab•by

(ˈskæb i)

adj. -bi•er, -bi•est.
1. covered with scabs.
2. consisting of scabs.
3. (of an animal or plant) having scabs.
4. Informal. mean or contemptible.
[1520–30]
scab′bi•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
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Translations
أجْرَب
prašivýstrupovitý
bevarasodottrühes
hrúîraîur
chrastavýprašivý
kabuk bağlamış

scabby

[ˈskæbɪ] ADJ
1. [skin, knee etc] → lleno de costras
2. (Vet) → roñoso
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scabby

[ˈskæbi] adj [skin] → croûteux/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scabby

adj (+er)
skin, handsschorfig, grindig; kneesverschorft
(= having scabies)räudig
(inf: = dilapidated) → schäbig, oll (inf)
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scabby

[ˈskæbɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → crostoso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

scab

(skӕb) noun
1. a crust formed over a sore or wound.
2. any of several diseases of animals or plants.
3. a workman who refuses to join a strike.
ˈscabby adjective
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References in classic literature ?
Wherever there is aught puny, or sickly, or scabby, there do they creep like lice; and only my disgust preventeth me from cracking them.
Finally the fleet returned victorious and triumphant to Constantinople, and a few months later died my master, El Uchali, otherwise Uchali Fartax, which means in Turkish "the scabby renegade;" for that he was; it is the practice with the Turks to name people from some defect or virtue they may possess; the reason being that there are among them only four surnames belonging to families tracing their descent from the Ottoman house, and the others, as I have said, take their names and surnames either from bodily blemishes or moral qualities.
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.
Give it to me, bédieu !" or I will search you, were you as leprous as Job, and as scabby as Caesar!"
It's quite a change to go from a glamorous fairy to having rotten teeth, dirty clothes and scabby hair.
Indeed looks a bit scabby but it's still the oldest thing in Doune with the exception of the castle.
It can affect all parts with symptoms like you describe on leaves, blisters on twigs and brown scabby patches or cracks on the fruit, which may also be misshapen.
A recent National Labor Relations Board opinion could poke another hole in unions' use of "Scabby the Rat" and other inflatable displays commonly put up at picket sites.
"Scabby" the inflatable rat has always seemed more impactful than a group of grizzled, union rank & file picketing a construction site where non-union peers are executing contracts at more competitive rates.
A CYCLIST with "scabby hands" tried to rob a woman in broad daylight.
"Scabby the Rat," a giant inflatable signaling union protest, has been hanging out in front of Elgins city hall, and doesnt look to be leaving anytime soon.