The dog looked scabby and in poor state.
Source: tatoeba (9125500)
Scabby
//ˈskæb.i//
Synonyms for "scabby" (130 found)
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Translations
25 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ψωρός adj (diseased with scab)
Bulgarian
2 entries- келяв adj (diseased with scab)
- покрит със струпеи adj (full of scabs)
Czech
2 entries- strupatý adj (full of scabs)
- strupovitý adj (full of scabs)
Finnish
2 entries- rupinen adj (full of scabs)
- syyhyinen adj (diseased with scab)
French
1 entries- croûteux adj (full of scabs)
Ingrian
1 entries- kärnäkäs adj (full of scabs)
Irish
4 entries- carrach adj (full of scabs)
- gearbach adj (full of scabs)
- gearbach adj (diseased with scab)
- scrathach adj (full of scabs)
Latin
1 entries- scaber adj (full of scabs)
Macedonian
1 entries- крастав adj (full of scabs)
Occitan
1 entries- crostós adj (full of scabs)
Portuguese
1 entries- sarnento adj (full of scabs)
Russian
2 entries- парши́вый adj (full of scabs)
- шелуди́вый adj (full of scabs)
Sicilian
2 entries- rugnusu adj (full of scabs)
- rugnusu adj (diseased with scab)
Swedish
1 entries- skabbig adj (full of scabs)
Turkish
2 entries- uyuz adj (diseased with scab)
- uyuzlu adj (diseased with scab)
Ukrainian
1 entries- коро́стявий adj (diseased with scab)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.
Source: wiktionary
The police, the governor, and the "scabby" Hearst Examiner "received a tremendous razzing," according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march "the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]"
Source: wiktionary
[They're a] scabby right-to-work company and they don't care how much the sharp edges on that dust screw up a guy's lungs.
Source: wiktionary
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