[Ads-l] scabrous

[Jonathan Lighter]

MW cits this 2025 usage from Rolling Stone as a current example, but
none of the defs cover it:

"The band were already distinguishing themselves by wedging huge,
chunky-salsa riffs underneath the scabrous noise of the EP."

'Harsh-sounding; cacophanous.'

JL

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