scabby
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Synonyms
cheap, contemptible, cruddy, deplorable, despicable, dirty, grubby, lame, lousy, mean, nasty, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, ratty, scummy, scurvy, sneaking, sorry, wretched
Antonyms
admirable, commendable, creditable, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy
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View this post on Instagram Currently wrapped in a somewhat scabby old blanket, with a face mask on, clutching a lukewarm coffee while attempting and failing to get some decent writing done 🙂 Send help. — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, "The Item I Wear to Death: My ASOS Oversized Leather Jacket," 6 Mar. 2019 As buzzy, crowd-pleasing indie comedies got snatched up for millions, the festival's scabby mutant black sheep went untouched, until horror-specific streaming service Shudder stepped in. — Charles Bramesco, Esquire, "Kuso Might Be the Most Disgusting Movie Ever Made, But It's Still a Labor of Love," 20 July 2017 People walk up and try to grab a sample with dirty, bleeding, scabby hands not realizing that other people will also be sampling that food. — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, "Dear Abby: Teen would rather text than talk to her crush at school," 31 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scabby.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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