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scabrous

[ skab-ruhs ]

adjective

  1. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
  2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene:

    scabrous books.

    Synonyms: improper, wanton, lewd

  3. full of difficulties.


scabrous

/ ˈskeɪbrəs /

adjective

  1. roughened because of small projections; scaly
  2. indelicate, indecent, or salacious

    scabrous humour

  3. difficult to deal with; knotty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈscabrously, adverb
  • ˈscabrousness, noun
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Other Words From

  • scabrous·ly adverb
  • scabrous·ness noun
  • un·scabrous adjective
  • un·scabrous·ly adverb
  • un·scabrous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scabrous1

1575–85; < Latin scab ( e ) r rough + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scabrous1

C17: from Latin scaber rough; related to scabies
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Example Sentences

The theater lost the case, and both “Saved” and Bond’s next play, “Early Morning,” a scabrous satire on British royalty, were banned in Britain.

His songs blended the scabrous and the sentimental, ranging from carousing anthems to snapshots of life in the gutter to unexpectedly tender love songs.

“Where I’m From” and “From Tha Gods to Earth” are scabrous and violent, usually getting their licks in less than two minutes.

He was primarily known for unleashing that arsenal in scabrously witty and linguistically daring novels, but he was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.

“The Jung Generation” focuses on William Edward Hickman, “a handsome, curly-haired boy who looked more like a college sophomore than a murderer,” who came to Los Angeles and committed “the most scabrous crime of 1927.”

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