ˈskabē, ˈskaab-, -bi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: scab (I) + -y
1.
a. : covered with scabs : full of scabs : consisting of scabs
scabby skin
b. : affected with scab
a scabby animal
scabby potatoes
2. : mean , scurrilous , contemptible
a scabby trick
3. : marred with scabs : scaly
temple of brick and rubble and scabby plaster — Aldous Huxley
wrought-iron gates scabby with rust — Gerald Durrell
a scabby casting
4. : marked by a blotched appearance suggestive of scab
landscape scabby with old mine workings — Sylvia T. Warner
5. : like a scab in form or appearance
dark land finally began to wear thin … leach white … and leave wide scabby places — Survey Graphic