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What does scabrous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word scabrous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
  2. (figuratively) Disgusting, repellent, repulsive, vile.
  3. (figuratively) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement, harsh, rough; unmelodious, unmusical.
  4. (figuratively) Difficult, thorny, troublesome.
  5. (figuratively, chiefly US) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
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The room looks better with scabrous, undecorated walls that it ever did with that uninspired wallpaper.
Great singing by Elena Vassilieva in this long and scabrous monologue from Le rapt de Perséphone.
He, by stark contrast, was scabrous and confessional, sexy, vernacular, and totally unpredictable.
After an unnerving 45-minute ride on scabrous rural roads, I came across a tiny town.
Lurching and moaning like the undead, their final EP is scabrous and abhorrent listening.
I enjoyed the merciless swagger he displayed in his scabrous writing on religion.

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