scabrous.
Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
Meaning & usage
Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections.
Disgusting, repellent.
The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.
Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.
Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
Difficult, thorny, troublesome, requiring tact.
Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
Having scabers.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin scaber (“scabrous, rough; scabby, mangy, itchy”) (from scabō (“to scratch, scrape, abrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”)) + English -ous; compare French scabreux, Late Latin scabrōsus.
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