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View definitions for scabby

scabby

adjective as in scabrous

adjective as in scaly

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Example Sentences

One was barely alive, her tiny body almost furless, her skin scabby and inflamed, her tail a sparsity of filaments.

Or scabby, old, fake floral arrangements with more dust than petals.

The sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool.

When a man grows scabby, take him to the bath, give him a thorough cleaning, put clean clothes on him—and he will get well.

It was that scabby greenhorn who must have taken it into her head.

In the whole fair there aren't more than four scabby rams and the Saint Joseph's ass.

It is mine,” quickly replied Rabbit, “and the little scabby heifer belongs to Elephant.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scabby, such as: blotchy, coarse, encrusted, lepidote, notched, and scaly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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