scabs

plural of scab

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scabs
Noun
  • The first time, Julian’s children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) seemed like miserable, greedy wretches.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • New Orleans has long been notorious for embracing such scoundrels, a reputation that isn’t exactly helped by the fact that, for many years, disgraced attorneys who lost their licenses in Louisiana and applied for readmission to the bar often got it.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Political leaders who encourage or tolerate such scoundrels should be driven from office.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The show focuses on roughnecks and billionaires in West Texas who are trying to get rich as the oil industry continues to take over the state.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • But this is a look at the more dynamic version, like the roughnecks out in the patch and the offices in Dallas and Fort Worth.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In keeping with the promotion, the Sox players’ photos on the video board cast them as villains wearing black and eye patches.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • Beyond harsher criticism, sports media frames Black athletes differently — often naming them as villains, failures, antagonists or questioning their leadership when necessary.
    Brielle Miller, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Elswyth can shoot ivy vines from her hands, wrapping the vines around miscreants to incapacitate them.
    Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
  • The cameras safeguard lawful policing and expose miscreants masquerading as officers.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Tawny Port spends years in barrel, picking up notes of caramel, nuts, and toffee along the way.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Pairing them with a meal containing some fat, even avocado toast or yogurt with nuts, makes a real difference.
    Allison Palmer Updated June 13, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Yet that rawness is exactly why the landscape is teeming with sea lions, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies.
    Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Northern itineraries bring guests closer to red-footed boobies and alternate habitats.
    David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Scabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scabs. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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