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scabrous

[skab-ruhs] / ˈskæb rəs /




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O’Neill resolves the triangular conflict with a combination of religious fervor, metaphoric brooding and scabrous humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

The theater lost the case, and both “Saved” and Bond’s next play, “Early Morning,” a scabrous satire on British royalty, were banned in Britain.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

His songs blended the scabrous and the sentimental, ranging from carousing anthems to snapshots of life in the gutter to unexpectedly tender love songs.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Closing track Pop The Balloon is a scabrous onslaught of cactus-prick guitar riffs, as the inhabitants fall out and the seeds of revolution are sown.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023

A man with scabrous lesions spanning his cheeks stepped forward.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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