scabby.

Covered with rough, dried crusts over sores or damaged skin.

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Words that belong together

• scabby skin
• a scabby patch

On the page

The scabby patch along the creature's neck cracked when it turned.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Comparative scabbier; superlative scabbiest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, atmosphere. Commonness: moderately common.