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SCABBY (scabbier, scabbiest)
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Irregular inflected forms: scabbier , scabbiest
, scabbiest Dictionary entry overview: What does scabby mean?
• SCABBY (adjective)
The adjective SCABBY has 1 sense:
1. covered with scabs
Familiarity information: SCABBY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: scabbier
Superlative: scabbiest
Superlative: scabbiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with scabs
Similar:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Derivation:
scab (the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion)
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