scrubbed

1 of 2

adjective (1)

ˈskrə-bəd 

archaic

: scrubby sense 1

scrubbed

2 of 2

adjective (2)

ˈskrəbd 

: giving the impression of being clean or wholesome as if from scrubbing

… days when studios manufactured scrubbed public images for their stars …

—Sally Helgesen

Word History

Etymology

Adjective (1)

scrub entry 1

Adjective (2)

from past participle of scrub entry 2

First Known Use

Adjective (1)

1596, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (2)

1881, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scrubbed

• clubbed
• dubbed
• grubbed
• rubbed
• snubbed
• stubbed