scabrous

Signification (Anglais)

1. Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
2. (figuratively) Disgusting, repellent.
3. (figuratively) Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.
4. (figuratively) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
5. (figuratively) Difficult, thorny, troublesome, requiring tact.
6. (US, figuratively) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
7. Having scabers.

Concepts

scabreux

rugueux

bourru

écailleux

méchant

polisson

raboteux

râpeux

accidenté

rude

grenu

grivois

grumeleux

licencieux

rocailleux

rêche

âpre

Synonymes

rough

rugged

scaly

harsh

ragged

coarse

lepidote

leprose

scurfy

encrusted

gnarled

gnarly

graceless

grainy

grating

gravelly

gritty

gruff

impolitic

improper

inclinable

indecent

indecorous

inept

jagged

knotty

nasty

raucous

ribald

rimose

risque

rude

salacious

scraggly

scratchy

screechy

scurrilous

seamy

squalid

tactless

thorny

throaty

ticklish

tough

unbecoming

uncalled for

undue

unseemly

not smooth

abrasive

Traductions

rugoso

scabroso

áspero

escabroso

çapraşıklık

pürtüklü

sert

scabrosus

schlüpfrig

osceno

skabrös

çapraşık

heikel

düğümlü

σκαμπρόζικος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskeɪbɹəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à anglais: -ous

Appartenant à français: scabreux

In summary

From Latin scaber (“scabrous, rough; scabby, mangy, itchy”) (from scabō (“to scratch, scrape, abrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”)) + English -ous; compare French scabreux, Late Latin scabrōsus.