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🤕 Covered in sores 🔴 Red and swollen
carbuncled

carbuncled

9.9
Having many red, painful lumps on the skin
  • adjective
  • /kɑrˈbʌŋkəld/
  • Specialized
translation icon : carbunculoso
  • The villain in the novel had a carbuncled complexion that made him appear even more sinister.

Examples

  • Her hands were carbuncled and swollen from years of difficult labor.

  • The old man's carbuncled nose glowed red in the candlelight.

  • The patient appeared carbuncled and in need of immediate care.

  • After the infection, his skin was carbuncled and painful.

  • The artist used a carbuncled stone to create a unique pendant that caught everyone's attention.

  • After weeks of being outdoors, he developed a carbuncled rash that needed medical treatment.

  • The ancient sculpture featured a carbuncled gem that made it look both beautiful and intriguing.

Synonyms

carbuncular
vscarbuncled
  • Specialized
9.9

Relating to painful skin boils filled with pus

is the specific form meaning covered by or shaped like those same sores
pustulous
vscarbuncled
  • Specialized
9.8

Covered with small pus-filled bumps on the skin, often from an infection

refers specifically to larger, connected infected sores rather than many small bumps

How Covered

carbuncled
  • Specialized
9.9
pustular
  • Specialized
1 8.3
pimpled
1 3.0
spotted
2 1.0
clear
866 1.0

Surface Forms

carbuncled positive

Morphology

carbuncled = carbuncle (transparent) = carbuncle + ed

Formed by the noun 'carbuncle' plus the participial suffix '-ed', giving the sense 'having or covered with carbuncles' which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Carbuncled comes from Latin carbunculus, which means 'small coal' or 'glowing ember'. People used the same word for red, painful boils and for bright, red stones, so if skin is carbuncled it looks covered with red, coal-like lumps.