scabrous

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

rugoso

scabreux

escabroso

scabroso

áspero

çapraşıklık

skabrös

düğümlü

osceno

scabrosus

schlüpfrig

rugueux

heikel

çapraşık

pürtüklü

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskeɪbɹəs/

Etymology

Cognate with English: -ous

Cognate with French: 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.