adjective
scabby
SKAB-ee/ˈskæbi/
Covered with rough crusts from wounds.
The scrapes on the exposed shin look scabby as they heal.
Etymology
The noun behind scabby first named a skin disease, then its patches or sores, and finally the crust over a wound. The adjective describes skin covered with those crusts.
In context
was scabby ears quite a few of them quite a few of them now so here's the lamb here quite bad with scabies
More examples
- My knees are still scabby from falling on the sidewalk.
- Try not to scratch the scabby skin around the cut.
- The dog has a scabby patch behind one ear.
Forms
scabby · scabbier · scabbiest
scab noun — Crust that forms over a healing wound.
Similar words
- crusty
- Describes any rough, hardened surface, not specifically healing wounds.
- crusted
- Emphasizes a hardened covering, which need not come from wounds.