scabrous

adj.

1. Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch. See synonyms at rough.
2. Difficult to handle; knotty: a scabrous situation.
3. Dealing with scandalous or salacious material: a scabrous novel.

[Late Latin scabrōsus, from scaber, scabr-, scurfy.]

scabrously scab'rous·ly adv.
scabrousness scab'rous·ness n.

adjective

1. Having a surface that is not smooth: coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rough, rugged, uneven. See smooth/rough.
2. Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety: blue, earthy, off-color, provocative, racy, risqué, salty, spicy, suggestive. See decent/indecent.

1) rough to the touch; covered with roughened, unwholesome patches
2) difficult, knotty
3) salacious, naughty

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (biology) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
  Synonyms: lepidote, leprose, scaly, scurfy

Meaning #2: dealing with salacious or indecent material

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - besværlig, vovet, sjofel, ru

Nederlands (Dutch)
oneffen, scabreus, schunnig

Français (French)
adj. - rugueux, (fig) scabreux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rauh, heikel, geschmacklos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φολιδωτός, τραχύς, δυσεπίλυτος, ανήθικος

Italiano (Italian)
scabroso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - áspero, escabroso, delicado

Русский (Russian)
скабрезный, шершавый, шероховатый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escabroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skabrös, oanständig, kinkig, ömtålig, sjaskig, skamfilad, sträv (biol), skrovlig (biol)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粗糙的, 难于处理的, 多障碍的, 有点猥亵内容的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粗糙的, 難於處理的, 多障礙的, 有點猥褻內容的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 꺼칠 꺼칠한, 장애가 많은, 음란한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ざらざらした, 厄介な, 猥褻な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خشن, صعب, معقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחוספס, מכוסה קשקשים, דוקרני, לא צנוע, גס, מצריך טקטיקה מיוחדת, מסובך, קשה, תאוותן‬

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