scabbed
Covered with crust
Scabbed describes something covered with scabs—the dry, rough crusts that form over healing wounds.
A scabbed knee is partway through recovery.
The word extends to surfaces with similar rough, patchy textures.
Figuratively, scabbed can mean morally corrupt or tainted, though this use is rare.
In labor contexts, scabbed work is that done by strikebreakers.
Covered with hard layer
- driedStripped of moisture
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- roughUneven in surface
- texturedHaving tactile surface quality
flaky · crusty · layered · cracked · brittle · raised · bumpy · uneven
Torn, ragged wound
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- cutSeverance or reduction
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- lesionArea of pathological change
puncture · abrasion · scratch · sore · ulcer · blister · scrape · graze
Made shallow marks
- tornPulled into pieces
- reopenedMade accessible again
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- rawIn original state
irritated · scarring · habit · compulsion · excoriation · nervous · anxious · picking
Made more durable
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- callousedThickened from wear
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- veteranExperienced former soldier
seasoned · experienced · battle-scarred · thick-skinned · resilient · survivor · worn · roughened
Permanent mark from healing
- crustHard outer layer
- escharNecrotic tissue crust
- granulationMaking into small grains
- closureSense of emotional resolution
tissue · regeneration · mending · knitting · forming · drying · hardening · protective layer
encrusted
Covered with hard layer
textured · flaky · crusty · layered · cracked · brittle · raised · bumpy · uneven · patchy
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
lesion · puncture · abrasion · scratch · sore · ulcer · blister · scrape · graze · raw
scratched
Made shallow marks
raw · irritated · scarring · habit · compulsion · excoriation · nervous · anxious · picking · peeling
toughened
Made more durable
veteran · seasoned · experienced · battle-scarred · thick-skinned · resilient · survivor · worn · roughened · jaded
scar
Permanent mark from healing
- crustHard outer layer
- escharNecrotic tissue crust
- granulationMaking into small grains
closure · tissue · regeneration · mending · knitting · forming · drying · hardening · protective layer · new skin
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer