scrubbed

[ skruhb-id ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. stunted; scrubby.

Other Words From

• un·scrubbed adjective
• well-scrubbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrubbed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; scrub ² + -ed ³

Example Sentences

After initially modifying the story, the MailOnline later scrubbed it altogether.

From The Daily Beast

And behind the sleepless Moms will come binders full of freshly scrubbed lawyers looking to turn a buck on the news.

From The Daily Beast

The Pentagon scrubbed the blueprint from the Internet three days later, but not before 100,000 copies were downloaded.

From The Daily Beast

Scrubbed Graeme Wood, New York I watched online as a college classmate went from disgrace to redemption in months.

From The Daily Beast

Off the Record ABC “scrubbed a few curse words” but largely allowed every quote to be used.

From The Daily Beast

Now, neither boys nor monkeys relish being scrubbed, so Woot shrank away from the energetic girl, trembling fearfully.

From Project Gutenberg

She looked at her hands and straightway she fell to scrubbing them with soap as she had never scrubbed them before.

From Project Gutenberg

Then Sammy knew why Dad had scrubbed the cabin floor, and what the three men who talked so low had been doing in the other room.

From Project Gutenberg

Hollister soaped and scrubbed to clean his hands and face of the sweat and dirt of his day's labor.

From Project Gutenberg

The china parts should be scrubbed thoroughly with soap and one of the long-handled brushes made for this purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• delayed
• negotiated
• postponed