scrubbed
/skɹˈʌbd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of scrub
adj
Having been made to seem wholesome or virtuous due to public relations, censorship or similar methods.
adj
Dressed in scrubs; with hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.
adj
Synonym of scrubbed up (Cleaned up; dressed up; having been made smart).
Example Sentences
- "The stain was scrubbed off by Marsha."
- "They specialize in ensuring celebrities a scrubbed public image."
- "But it wasn’t the sterile walls of the hospital I expected: no stirrups, no beeping monitors, no scrubbed nurses in face masks."
- "He looked better than usual, reasonably scrubbed, but he still needed a better wardrobe."
Etymology
From scrub + -ed.
Inflected Forms
more scrubbed (comparative)
most scrubbed (superlative)