scabby /ˈskæb.i/ adjective6 •Affected with scabs; full of scabs.Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind. — 1590 •Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy. •(UK, slang) stingy; scrounging.The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.I lent you a fiver last week and you still haven’t paid me back, you scabby bastard! •Having a blotched, uneven appearance. •Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).[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. — 2016 •Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell. formsscabbier · scabbiest