1. scabrous - Adjective
2. scabrous - Adjective Satellite
Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.
Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure. Harry Crews
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