scabrous

Speech parts

1. scabrous - Adjective

2. scabrous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.

Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scaly lepidote scurfy leprose stony mangy difficult shaggy indiscreet hard broken rough harsh foul uneven
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Antonyms

baroque even great strong silken apropos
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Related terms

scabies scab scaberulous

Examples

He 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

a scabrous novel Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

scabridity scabrities scabrosity scabrously scabrousness scabrule