scrubbed

adjective5

1. •
   Having been scrubbed; having received a scrubbing.

   • The stain was scrubbed off by Marsha.
2. •
   Having been made to seem wholesome or virtuous due to public relations, censorship or similar methods.

   • They specialize in ensuring celebrities a scrubbed public image.
3. •
   Dressed in scrubs; with hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.

   • But it wasn’t the sterile walls of the hospital I expected: no stirrups, no beeping monitors, no scrubbed nurses in face masks. — 1998
4. •
   Synonym of scrubbed up (Cleaned up; dressed up; having been made smart).

   • He looked better than usual, reasonably scrubbed, but he still needed a better wardrobe.
5. •
   Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.