scabbed

[ skab-id, skabd ]

adjective

1. covered with or affected by scabs.
2. Obsolete. mean or petty.

Other Words From

• scabbed·ness noun
• un·scabbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scabbed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; scab, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Anbury causes a scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the base of the bulb.

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The inside has rather the look of meat, for it is reddish and all streaked and scabbed with this pox and with discoloured chalk.

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Fed by slaves from the cradle, hag-ridden by his vices; a purple young bully, a product of filthy sloth, scabbed with privilege.

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She had left a great bed of coals on the hearth, and the glow shone redly on his frost-scabbed face.

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What, shall I dishonour my fair sumptuous and gay house with such a scabbed creephedge as he?

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