Scabrous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch. See Synonyms at rough.
  • adj. Difficult to handle; knotty: a scabrous situation.
  • adj. Dealing with scandalous or salacious material: a scabrous novel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. covered with scales or scabs, or otherwise extremely rough
  • adj. having indecent sexual content or connotation, rough
  • adj. harsh; unmusical
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.
  • adj. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rough; rugged; having sharp points or little asperities.
  • Harsh; unmusical.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
  • adj. dealing with salacious or indecent material
    • Equivalent
    unsmooth    rough    dirty   
    Cross Reference
    scurf   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scabby    scurfy    scaly    unmusical    rough   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    liver-spotted    oft-told    half-alive    diachylon    blood-sodden   
     
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