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Lucretius is scabrous and rough in these; he seeks them: as some do Chaucerisms with us, which were better expunged and banished.
DISCOVERIES MADE UPON MEN AND MATTERBEN JONSONThe spores are rounded, and rough (scabrous) on the surface.
AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK OF THE MICROSCOPEJOHN WILLIAM GRIFFITHWhereupon Khalid, who was then in the first of his teens, takes a big scabrous rock and sends it flying against that door.
THE BOOK OF KHALIDAMEEN RIHANIThen we incontinently proceed to stone him to death with scabrous adjectives!
ICONOCLASTSJAMES HUNEKERBlades long, dark green, succulent and scabrous: ridges numerous and flat above, but distinct (Fig. 9).
GRASSESH. MARSHALL WARDBehind him, standing atop the dented and scabrous garbage cans, Dumont.
SOMEONE COMES TO TOWN, SOMEONE LEAVES TOWNCORY DOCTOROWJerry knew only that his knife was in his hand as the great scabrous coils closed inevitably about him.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE, JUNE, 1930VARIOUSA very honest woman, amused at this scabrous conversation, but inexperienced.
VERY WOMANREMY DE GOURMONTCarol glanced from the scabrous object to Vida, and realized that she was not joking.
MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWISThe whole relation had been ruined by entering this scabrous building.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 2COMPTON MACKENZIESYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO SCABROUS
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- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- complicated
- demanding
- difficile
- distressing
- effortful
- exacting
- fatiguing
- formidable
- grinding
- hairy
- heavy
- herculean
- intricate
- involved
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
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- mean
- merciless
- murder
- onerous
- operose
- rigorous
- rough
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- scabrous
- serious
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- sticky
- strenuous
- terrible
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- toilful
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- unsparing
- uphill
- uphill battle
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
- arduous
- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- complicated
- demanding
- difficile
- distressing
- effortful
- exacting
- fatiguing
- formidable
- grinding
- hairy
- heavy
- herculean
- intricate
- involved
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
- laborious
- mean
- merciless
- murder
- onerous
- operose
- rigorous
- rough
- rugged
- scabrous
- serious
- severe
- slavish
- sticky
- strenuous
- terrible
- tiring
- toilful
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- unsparing
- uphill
- uphill battle
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
- arduous
- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- complicated
- demanding
- difficile
- distressing
- effortful
- exacting
- fatiguing
- formidable
- grinding
- hairy
- heavy
- herculean
- intricate
- involved
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
- laborious
- mean
- merciless
- murder
- onerous
- operose
- rigorous
- rough
- rugged
- scabrous
- serious
- severe
- slavish
- sticky
- strenuous
- terrible
- tiring
- toilful
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- unsparing
- uphill
- uphill battle
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
- abandoned
- amoral
- animal
- carnal
- corrupt
- debauched
- depraved
- desirous
- disorderly
- dissolute
- fast
- fast and loose
- fleshly
- impure
- in the fast lane
- incontinent
- lascivious
- lax
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- lickerish
- loose
- lubricious
- lustful
- oversexed
- profligate
- promiscuous
- relaxed
- reprobate
- salacious
- satyric
- scabrous
- sensual
- swinging
- unconstrained
- uncontrollable
- uncurbed
- unmoral
- unprincipled
- unruly
- wanton
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