English-Thai Dictionary

scabrous

ADJ หยาบ  ไม่ ละเอียด  เต็มไปด้วย ความยากลำบาก  หยาบคาย  ลามก  yab

 

scabrously

ADV อย่าง หยาบคาย  yang-yab-kai

 

scabrousness

N ความหยาบ คาย  kwam-yab-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCABROUS

a.[L. scabrosus, scaber, from scabies, scab. ] 1. Rough; rugged; having sharp points.
2. Harsh; unmusical.

 

SCABROUSNESS

n.Roughness; ruggedness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCABROUS

Sca "brous, a. Etym: [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F.scabreux. ]

 

1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. Arbuthnot.

 

2. Fig. : Harsh; unmusical. [R.] His verse is scabrous and hobbling. Dryden.

 

SCABROUSNESS

SCABROUSNESS Sca "brous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being scabrous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scabrous

scab rous |ˈskabrəs ˈskæbrəs | ▶adjective 1 rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs. 2 indecent; salacious: scabrous publications. DERIVATIVES scab rous ly adverb, scab rous ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (first used to describe an author's style as ‘harsh, unmusical, unpolished ’): from French scabreux or late Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber ‘rough. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

scabrous

scabrous |ˈskeɪbrəs, ˈskabrəs | ▶adjective 1 rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs. • unpleasant; unattractive: a scabrous hovel. 2 indecent; salacious: scabrous details included being regularly seen with a mistress. DERIVATIVES scabrously adverb, scabrousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (first used to describe an author's style as ‘harsh, unmusical, unpolished ’): from French scabreux or late Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber ‘rough ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scabrous

scab rous /skǽbrəs |skéɪb -/形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 ｟文 しばしば非難して ｠〈映画などが 〉猥褻 （わいせつ ）な, 卑猥 （ひわい ）な .2 不快な .3 〈問題などが 〉やっかいな, 困難な .4 ざらざらした .