scabs

noun

plural of scab
as in wretches

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  1. wretches
  2. scoundrels
  3. roughnecks
  4. villains
  5. miscreants
  6. nuts
  7. rascals
  8. boobies
Noun
  • The first time, Julian’s children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) seemed like miserable, greedy wretches.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of wretches
Noun
  • And the surviving cartel scoundrels take the parting shot by kidnapping beloved Carter, putting a hood on him and taking the boy off.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of scoundrels
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
Definition of roughnecks
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  • Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, U30 lister Tom Holland, is back on the screen to beat both villains and records.
    — Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The aforementioned Richie Aprile, played wonderfully by David Proval, makes for one of the most menacing villains of the series.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of villains
Noun
  • The staff is full of miscreants, who are snorting lines of cocaine left and right.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Florida enacted new laws cracking down on miscreants in the treatment industry.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2026
Definition of miscreants
Noun
  • Some bars with nuts and seeds offer better balance, but many lean more toward dessert than a truly nourishing snack.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Fats are found in foods like butter, oils, nuts, meat, and fish.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of nuts
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
Definition of rascals
Noun
  • Despite the summer heat, both the brown and red boobies are not putting down roots in Maryland and have gone on their way.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For millennia, millions of seabirds, including guanay cormorants, Peruvian boobies and pelicans, had nested on rocky outcrops along South America’s arid Pacific coast.
    — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of boobies
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