Usually means: Rough, harsh, or indecently coarse.
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  1. scabrous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scabrous: Merriam-Webster
  3. scabrous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scabrous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scabrous: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scabrous: Vocabulary.com
  7. scabrous: Wordnik
  8. scabrous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. scabrous: Wiktionary
  10. scabrous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. scabrous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. scabrous: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. scabrous: Dictionary.com
  14. scabrous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Scabrous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Scabrous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. scabrous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. scabrous: Rhymezone
  19. Scabrous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. scabrous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. scabrous: FreeDictionary.org
  22. scabrous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. scabrous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. scabrous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scabrous: Legal dictionary

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  1. scabrous: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scabrous: A Word A Day

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  3. Scabrous: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

(Note: See scabrously as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
adjective:  (figurative) Disgusting, repellent.
adjective:  (figurative) Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.
adjective:  (figurative) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
adjective:  (figurative) Difficult, thorny, troublesome.
adjective:  (figurative, chiefly US) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
adjective:  (biology) Having scabers.

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