scabrous
4 synonyms and 2 antonyms for scabrous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Rough and coarse to the touch, as if covered in scabs or scales.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Rough and coarse to the touch, as if covered in scabs or scales.
“After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections.”
Opposites
2. adj
Very unpleasant and off-putting.
“The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.”
Opposites
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scaber (“scabrous, rough; scabby, mangy, itchy”) (from scabō (“to scratch, scrape, abrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”)) plus English -ous; compare French scabreux and Late Latin scabrōsus.
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