Scabrous *** Scabby & Scabious

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–adjective 

1. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections. 

2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene: scabrous [books]. 

3. full of difficulties.  



—Synonyms 

2. lewd, wanton, improper.





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scabrous, scabious, scabby (adjs.) 

   

Scabrous literally means "with a rough, scaly (有鱗的), prickly (多刺的), or pimply (多粉刺的) surface," 



but its figurative senses all mean "dirty," from "dirt-covered” to "shocking and indecent.” 



(疥癬) Scabby and 

scabious ("covered with scabs") are apparently not related to scabrous.





　

The use of color may strike some auds as a concession to the [mainstream] 



(the first "Clerks" wore its grungy monochrome like a badge of honor), as might the prominently played and occasionally gooey (膠黏的,感傷的) scenes of romantic flirtation between Dante and Becky, some of which involve toenail-painting. 



Yet if "Clerks II" doesn't have quite the scabrous kick of its predecessor, 



the chance to revisit a classic premise must have renewed the writer in Smith, whose banter here often achieves a sharpness and quality that haven't been in evidence since 1999's "Dogma."





see scathe



brash scour pungent



banter

Her frequent sarcastic banter evokes Juno's peculiar resilience, but never whitewashes the character -- or the film -- into glib superficiality.



lewd (licentious)

wanton

Swapping the wanton excesses of the 1980s New York art world for the puritanical confines of the Castro regime,



dingy 骯髒單字大集合

shabby 

stubby sappy