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Recent Examples of scabby 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, 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, 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, 31 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scabby
Adjective
  • Shootouts are lame in comparison.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • On the other hand, Powell probably has little incentive to commit firmly given high lame-duck status and the fact that more employment and inflation numbers will hit before the September meeting.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Fried wasn’t the only reason the Yankees lost on Sunday, as the Bombers’ bats were pitiful against Jason Alexander.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • This negative sentiment was also felt on both sides of the Atlantic, given their pitiful plummet in popularity.
    Brie Stimson , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • Natural gas fulfills much of this need, while coal is dirtier, expensive, and increasingly irrelevant for electricity production.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Although the space station is without dirt and mud, astronauts’ clothes get dirty from sweat during their daily exercise.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But that cheaper investment has largely been eviscerated, according to a cadre of sports bankers CNBC interviewed.
    Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Travelers can snag cheap flights to explore New York in September and October.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Sean Gardner/Getty Images This comes just weeks after Zilisch suffered a nasty fall from his car in Victory Lane at Watkins Glen, which resulted in a broken collarbone.
    Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Parents pushing, people cutting lines, nasty attitudes everywhere, especially outside and in Sephora.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In fact the word poverty comes from the old French word poverté , which refers to a wretched state.
    Rahkim Sabree, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Disneyland has dropped reservation requirements for the once wildly popular Oga’s Cantina six years after the wretched hive of scum and villainy opened to hourslong standby lines that forced the Anaheim theme park to hastily install a reservation system.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And putting it on her fingers and in your babies mouth is disgusting.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Because there are more aliens aboard the Maginot than just a Xenomorph, Hawley adds a few new wrinkles to the usual disgusting Alien progression of face-hugger to chest-burster.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • What's the meanest tweet ever directed at you?
    Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The mean first frost date in the city is September 20, based on data between 1991 and 2020, according to the NWS.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Scabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scabby. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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