scrubbed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of scrub

comparative more scrubbed · superlative most scrubbed

1. Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
2. Having been scrubbed; having received a scrubbing.

   The stain was scrubbed off by Marsha.

3. 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.

4. not comparablemedicineDressed 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, Shannon Friesen, “Afterbirth”, in Like Minds, Fredericton, N.B.: Broken Jaw Press, →ISBN, page 67

5. 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.

   Synonyms: scrubbed up