"scabby" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈskæb.i/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scabby.wav Forms: scabbier [comparative], scabbiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æbi Etymology: From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scabby}} Middle English scabby, {{suffix|en|scab|y}} scab + -y, {{doublet|en|shabby}} Doublet of shabby Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scabby (comparative scabbier, superlative scabbiest)
  1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs. Synonyms (affected with scabs): reef Translations (full of scabs): покрит със струпеи (pokrit sǎs strupei) (Bulgarian), rupinen (Finnish), croûteux (French), kärnäkäs (Ingrian), gearbach (Irish), scrathach (Irish), carrach (Irish), scaber (Latin), crostós (Occitan), sarnento [masculine] (Portuguese), шелуди́вый (šeludívyj) (Russian), парши́вый (paršívyj) (Russian), rugnusu (Sicilian), skabbig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scabby-en-adj-0nQgMq61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 7 15 13 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 2 5 14 16 34 Disambiguation of 'affected with scabs': 81 8 2 1 6 1 Disambiguation of 'full of scabs': 67 5 2 5 8 12
  2. Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy. Translations (diseased with scab): ψωρός (psōrós) (Ancient Greek), келяв (keljav) (Bulgarian), syyhyinen (Finnish), gearbach (Irish), rugnusu (Sicilian), коро́стявий (koróstjavyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-scabby-en-adj-87Q~Af62 Disambiguation of 'diseased with scab': 12 55 4 2 23 4
  3. (printing) Having a blotched, uneven appearance. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-scabby-en-adj-qIaPYXMK Topics: media, printing, publishing
  4. Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
    Sense id: en-scabby-en-adj-6St0OgrG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 7 15 13 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 2 5 14 16 34
  5. Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).
    Sense id: en-scabby-en-adj-M7EhaOe8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 7 15 13 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 2 5 14 16 34
  6. (Ireland, slang) Stingy. Tags: Ireland, slang
    Sense id: en-scabby-en-adj-B5ZDGYuS Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 7 15 13 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 24 6 7 14 14 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 4 6 14 15 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 2 5 14 16 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 2 3 14 16 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 18 8 8 17 18 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 8 7 13 15 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 8 6 13 16 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 4 8 13 14 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 22 3 5 13 16 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 7 6 11 16 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 22 3 5 13 14 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 21 5 6 14 16 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 7 6 14 17 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 3 5 13 14 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 19 8 6 13 17 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 8 6 13 17 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 8 6 13 17 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scabrous, roynish [obsolete], scabby, scabrate, scabrid [botany, biology, natural-sciences], scald [obsolete], scalled [obsolete], scurvy Hypernyms: rough Derived forms: scabbily, scabbiness, scabby sheep Related terms: dandruffy, scarious, scruffy, scurfy, sloughy

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The police, the governor, and the \"scabby\" Hearst Examiner \"received a tremendous razzing,\" according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march \"the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]\"",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scab",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "scab + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shabby"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of shabby",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scabbier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scabbiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "scabby (comparative scabbier, superlative scabbiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "rough"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "dandruffy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "scarious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "scruffy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "scurfy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "sloughy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind,\nSo scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Affected with scabs; full of scabs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scab",
          "scab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mange",
          "mange"
        ],
        [
          "mangy",
          "mangy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having a blotched, uneven appearance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing) Having a blotched, uneven appearance."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barnacle",
          "barnacle"
        ],
        [
          "carapace",
          "carapace"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, Bruce Nelson, Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 166:",
          "text": "The police, the governor, and the \"scabby\" Hearst Examiner \"received a tremendous razzing,\" according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march \"the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 August 31, David M. Caulfield, Ever a Fighter: The Adventures of Katherine Wilkinson, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:",
          "text": "[They're a] scabby right-to-work company and they don't care how much the sharp edges on that dust screw up a guy's lungs.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 28, Michael F. McCarthy Colonel USAF (Ret), Memories of a Jane Street Boy: Family Influences and The Early Years, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 295:",
          "text": "Hoochie's dad said, “All eight drivers are former 'scabby' employees who couldn't get hired by any reputable union trucking companies.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scab",
          "scab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stingy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Stingy",
          "stingy#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, slang) Stingy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæb.i/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æbi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "affected with scabs",
      "word": "reef"
    },
    {
      "word": "scabrous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "roynish"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "scabby"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "scabrate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "topics": [
        "botany",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "scabrid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "scald"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "scalled"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scabby",
      "word": "scurvy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokrit sǎs strupei",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "покрит със струпеи"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "rupinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "croûteux"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "kärnäkäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "gearbach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "scrathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "carrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "scaber"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "crostós"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sarnento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šeludívyj",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "шелуди́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "paršívyj",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "парши́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "rugnusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of scabs",
      "word": "skabbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "keljav",
      "sense": "diseased with scab",
      "word": "келяв"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "diseased with scab",
      "word": "syyhyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "psōrós",
      "sense": "diseased with scab",
      "word": "ψωρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "diseased with scab",
      "word": "gearbach"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "diseased with scab",
      "word": "rugnusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "koróstjavyj",
      "sense": "diseased with scab",
      "word": "коро́стявий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scabby"
}

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