Scabrous

Quick meaning: Scabrous is an adjective meaning Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.

Meaning

Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Disgusting, repellent.
2. (figurative) Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.
3. (figurative) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
4. (figurative) Difficult, thorny, troublesome, requiring tact.
5. (figurative, chiefly US) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
6. (biology) Having scabers.

Example Sentences

The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.

After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections.

In the Pilot Plan, women shop in brightly lit, hygienic supermarkets; in the Social Security Invasion, they must be content with tiny rat-infested shops or scabrous open air markets.

I was ſurpriz'd to ſee Mars continue quite round, though hardly, to Appearance, disjoin'd from the ſcabrous Edge of the Moon; but that Inſtant I thought it began to loſe its Figure.—Clouds.

Synonyms for scabrous

Depending on context, synonyms include scabby, scaly, scurfy, reef, roynish, scabrate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scurfy, dirty, leprose, rough, unsmooth, scaly.

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