scabbed
3.7
Covered with a dry, hard layer that forms over a healing cut or sore
- adjective
- /skæbd/
:
cubierto de costras
- She shows me a small, almost circular, scabbed-over abrasion approximately the size of a pencil eraser head.
- scabbed wound
- scabbed knee
Examples
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She gently cleaned the scabbed area on her arm to help it heal properly.
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It's like has some scientific name, but my lips like scabbed over my lips cracks back.
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The garnet crusted like a scabbed knee.
Fiction book (1996) -
The child's scabbed knee reminded her to be more careful while playing outside.
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His scabbed hands showed the signs of a hard day's work in the garden.
Synonyms
scabby
vsscabbed
3
5.7
Having hard, dry patches of skin from healing wounds or a skin problem
is from a dry healing layer that forms over a wound or sore
crusted
vsscabbed
1
4.2
Covered with a hard layer on the surface
is the dry layer that forms specifically when a wound or sore heals
scabrous
vsscabbed
1
9.9
Rough to the touch with many small bumps or scales
focuses on a hardened healing outer layer rather than raised projections
Antonyms
How Healed
Surface Forms
scabbed positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word scabbed comes from scab, an old word for a hard 'crust' that forms on the skin. So when a wound or sore is scabbed, it is covered by that dry, rough layer as it heals.