What does scabrous mean?
Scabrous means Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough..
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/ˈskeɪbɹəs/ · adjective
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.
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.
Lumbricus ſcaber. The rough Lumbricus. The Sea-worm. This ſpecies grows to a foot, or more, in length, and to the thickneſs of a man's finger. It is of a pale red colour, and is compoſed of a number of rings or annular joints, as it were, in the manner of the other; but the ſkin is ſcabrous, and all theſe rings are covered with little prominences, ſo that it is extreamly rough to the touch.
[Helianthus] frondosus, […] stem smooth below, leaves lance ovate, remotely and acutely serrate, scabrous above, paler and sub-scabrous beneath, 3-nerved: peduncles scabrous; petiole ciliate; calyx squarose, undulate, leafy, ciliate: rays 8-flowered.
The Veins of old Persons are apt to become varicose and this is where the greatest column of Blood—the Valves loosing ^([sic]) their power is the cause of the disease. The Blood by this Means is not kept from gravitating to yᵉ foot the Consequences are Scabrous Skin and Ulcers.
The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.
This typifies the man, body and soul, who is transformed after Baptism, that is to say, after the entrance of the priest, and then takes up once more the scabrous contaminations of the flesh.
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.
Use scabrous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scabrous means Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough..
Common synonyms include scabby, scaly, scurfy, reef.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections.
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