Synonyms of the word

leprose

• adj. (biology) Covered with thin, scurfy scales.

lepidote

• adj. (botany) Having a coat of scurfy scales.
• n. (botany) Any plant with a coat of scurfy scales.

rough

• adj. Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
• adj. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
• adj. Turbulent.
• adj. Difficult; trying.
• adj. Crude; unrefined.
• adj. Violent; not careful or subtle.
• adj. Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
• adj. Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
• adj. Harsh-tasting.
• n. The unmowed part of a golf course.
• n. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
• n. (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by…
• n. The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
• n. A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming…
• n. (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
• v. To create in an approximate form.
• v. (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
• v. To render rough; to roughen.
• v. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
• adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

scabrous

• adj. Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
• adj. (figuratively) Disgusting, repellent, repulsive, vile.
• adj. (figuratively) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement, harsh, rough; unmelodious, unmusical.
• adj. (figuratively) Difficult, thorny, troublesome.
• adj. (figuratively, chiefly US) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.

scaly

• adj. Covered or abounding with scales.
• adj. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
• adj. (dated, vulgar or South Africa) Mean; low.
• adj. Composed of scales lying over each other.
• n. (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish, Labeobarbus natalensis.

scurfy

• adj. covered with scurf.

unsmooth

• adj. Not smooth; rough.
• v. (transitive) To make no longer smooth; to roughen or furrow.