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He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure.
Harry Crews

Meaning of "scabrous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCABROUS

From Latin scaber rough; related to scabies.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCABROUS

scabrous  [ˈskeɪbrəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCABROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scabrous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCABROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scabrous in the English dictionary

The first definition of scabrous in the dictionary is roughened because of small projections; scaly. Other definition of scabrous is indelicate, indecent, or salacious. Scabrous is also difficult to deal with; knotty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCABROUS


cribrous
ˈkrɪbrəs
cumbrous
ˈkʌmbrəs
fibrous
ˈfaɪbrəs
glabrous
ˈɡleɪbrəs
Imbros
ˈɪmbrəs
penumbrous
penˈʌmbrəs
slumbrous
ˈslʌmbrəs
sombrous
ˈsɒmbrəs
tenebrous
ˈtɛnəbrəs
umbrous
ˈʌmbrəs
unslumbrous
ʌnˈslʌmbrəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCABROUS

scabbedness
scabbier
scabbiest
scabbily
scabbiness
scabbing
scabble
scabby
scabby mouth
scaberulous
scabies
scabietic
scabiosa
scabious
scabland
scablands
scabrid
scabridity
scabrously
scabrousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCABROUS

adventurous
anhydrous
dangerous
decorous
disastrous
ferrous
generous
glamorous
glamourous
humorous
monstrous
murderous
nitrous
numerous
porous
prosperous
rigorous
treacherous
vigorous
wondrous

Synonyms and antonyms of scabrous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scabrous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCABROUS

Find out the translation of scabrous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scabrous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scabrous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗糙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escabrosa
570 millions of speakers

English

scabrous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुरदरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scabrous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шероховатые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escabroso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মরামাসযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scabreux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scabrous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scabrous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scabrous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

귀찮은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scabrous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khó nghe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scabrous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विलक्षण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açık saçık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scabro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drażliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шорсткі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scabros
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρεπής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ru
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scabrous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scabrous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scabrous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCABROUS»

The term «scabrous» is regularly used and occupies the 96.581 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCABROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scabrous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scabrous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scabrous

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QUOTES WITH «SCABROUS»

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Harry Crews
He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCABROUS»

Discover the use of scabrous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scabrous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flora of New South Wales
4b 4d 2 H. stricta R. Br. Perennial herb to 50 cm high, with a well-developed taproot; stems 4 ribbed moderately scabrous. Leaves opposite below inflorescence, linear-lanceolate, 25-40 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, margins revolute and with up to ...
Gwen Jean Harden, 2001
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Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains, Colorado, ...
12-15 mm. long, green or more commonly copper-colored or purple; empty glumes smooth or nearly so; lemma ovate, attenuate, finely and densely scabrous, somewhat shiny, 10-12 mm. long. Subarctic regions: Alaska — -Yukon — Canadian ...
Per Axel Rydberg, 1917
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A manual of botany
Stem scabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, scabrous, whitish on the upper surface, brownish beneath, with revolute margins. Flowers terminal ; involucre with subulate leaves ; ray florets 14-16 ; pappus subulate. Yellow. %. Sept.
John Darby, 1841
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North American Botany: Comprising the Native and Common ...
2X0 hispid: stem nakedish above, lax-panicled: leaves spatulate, ovate, crenale, 3-nerved, scabrous above: scales of the involucre lance-ovate, of the length of the disk. 3—4 f. S. P. dirán '.cuius, (y. Au. 2X0 stem glabrous, very branching: ...
Amos Eaton, John Wright (M. D.), 1840
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A Manual of Botany Adapted to the Productions of the ...
Stem scabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, scabrous, whitish on the upper surface, brownish beneath, with revolute margins. Flowers terminal ; involucre with subulate leaves ; ray florets 14-16 ; pappus subulate. Yellow. %. Sept.
John Darby, 1841
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Revision of Poa L. (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poinae) in ...
cm long, margins fused 25—32% the length; throats and collars smooth or slightly scabrous, glabrous; ligules 1—4 mm long, sometimes decurrent, sub- hyaline, milky-white, abaxially scabrous, apex obtuse to acute, sterile shoot ligules shorter ...
Robert John Soreng, Paul M. Peterson, 2012
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North American Flora
suborbicular or broadly ovate, 5-10 mm. long, mostly sinuate-dentate, scabrous- puberulent and glandular-punctate ; heads solitary at the ends of the branches, 30-40-flowered ; involucre hemispheric, 5 mm. high and about 6 mm. broad; ...
‎1914
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The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California
INFL: 219 cm, lanceolate to ovate, dense (or Sparse and interrupted), branches 1 ascending, short, densely scabrous on angles, SPIKELET: callus glabrous or 1 cobwebby, lemma 2.313.5 mm, keel, marginal veins hairy. FL: anthers 1311.8 ...
Bruce G. Baldwin, Douglas H. Goldman, 2012
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Manual of the Flora of the Northern States and Canada
Leaves 5-12.5 cm. long, 2-6 mm. wide, scabrous; panicle 5-11.25 cm. in length, usually dense and interrupted, the branches 1.25-2.5 cm. long, erect or appressed, the spikelets much crowded; outer scales of the spikelet acuminate, 4 .-6 mm.
Nathaniel Lord Britton, 1907
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Botany of the southern states: In two parts. Part I. ...
H. sPansiFo'iros, (E1l.) Stem scabrous, with long slender branched, nearly glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate, coarsely toothed, hispid, scabrous, the upper ones nearly sessile. Flowers in loose panicles ; involucre with the leaves finely ciliate ...
John Darby, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCABROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scabrous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trump Sues Univision; Most Media Skip Scabrous Trump-Roof …
Trump Sues Univision; Most Media Skip Scabrous Trump-Roof Picture from Univision Exec. By Tim Graham | June 30, 2015 | 9:47 PM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. «NewsBusters, Jun 15»
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TV Review: 'The Brink'
Owing an absurdist debt to “Dr. Strangelove,” “The Brink” tries to excavate comedy, or at least fairly scabrous satire, from the threat of nukes in the hands of a ... «Variety, Jun 15»
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Meet Immortan Joe's savage son Scabrous in new Mad Max video …
Check out this frenetic new E3 2015 trailer for Avalanche Studios' Mad Max videogame, with a freakish new foe in the form of Immortan Joe's insane offspring, ... «Blastr, Jun 15»
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Violence and Son, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, review …
Premiered in Hamish Pirie's splendidly acted in-the-round production, Gary Owen's new play fizzes with scabrous humour and grows convincingly darker but its ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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Wait, is Mad Max a Generic Action Game?
... becoming the reluctant hero who gets inadvertently dragged into some ugly mess with a big baddy (Scabrous Scrotus) and must save the girl/love interest. «Hardcore Gamer, May 15»
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Mad Max gets official gameplay trailer
... Max, a lone warrior who embarks on a dangerous journey after his Interceptor is stolen by a deadly gang of marauders lead by the warlord, Scabrous Scrotus. «IT News Africa, Apr 15»
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Book reviews roundup: Guantanamo Diary; The Italians; Chasing …
... before the handwritten manuscript exposing “the scabrous, poisoned heart of America's War on Terror” could be published, albeit with “more than 2,500 cuts”. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia; The Fall – review
When we weren't hearing from Vidal himself in interviews carried out not long before he died – eloquent, scabrous and endlessly quotable to the last – we were ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
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Babylon's back: the return of Channel 4's scabrous police comedy …
It's the appeal of Channel 4's scabrous police comedy-drama Babylon in microcosm: potential tragedy, knife-edge tension and a satirical gallows humour that ... «Evening Standard, Nov 14»
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The Queen Is Dead in King Charles III
Among this season's hot tickets in London is Great Britain, a scabrous, fictionalized account of the British tabloid-hacking scandal. … To continue reading:. «TIME, Oct 14»

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