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Synonyms for scabrous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : skab-ruhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskæb rəs

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Définition of scabrous

Origin :
  • 1570s, "harsh, unmusical" (implied in scabrously), from Late Latin scabrosus "rough," from Latin scaber "rough, scaly," related to scabere "to scratch, scrape" (see scabies). Sense in English evolved to "vulgar" (1881), "squalid" (1939), and "nasty, repulsive" (c.1951). Classical literal sense of "rough, rugged" attested in English from 1650s. Related: Scabrously; scabrousness.
  • adj rough
  • adj improper
  • adj difficult
Example sentences :
  • Despite the subject and the title, there is nothing in the least "scabrous" in it.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • Then we incontinently proceed to stone him to death with scabrous adjectives!
  • Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
  • The spores are rounded, and rough (scabrous) on the surface.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope » by John William Griffith
  • The whole relation had been ruined by entering this scabrous building.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 2 » by Compton Mackenzie
  • Carol glanced from the scabrous object to Vida, and realized that she was not joking.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis
  • Blades long, dark green, succulent and scabrous: ridges numerous and flat above, but distinct (Fig. 9).
  • Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward
  • Behind him, standing atop the dented and scabrous garbage cans, Dumont.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • A very honest woman, amused at this scabrous conversation, but inexperienced.
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont
  • Lucretius is scabrous and rough in these; he seeks them: as some do Chaucerisms with us, which were better expunged and banished.
  • Extract from : « Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter » by Ben Jonson
  • The green vanished like a mist, and scabrous desert cacti crept in on prickly feet.
  • Extract from : « Dust of the Desert » by Robert Welles Ritchie
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