scrabbly

• Adjectif vieilli ou rare décrivant quelque chose de rugueux, inégal, râpeux ou grinçant au toucher ou au son ; peu utilisé en anglais moderne.

An obsolete adjective meaning rough, uneven, or scratchy in texture or sound; rarely used in modern English.

1. Sparsely vegetatedC1informal

   Describing an area that is thinly covered with stunted trees, bushes, or undergrowth.

   clairsemé de végétation rabougrie

   • The scrabbly hillside offered little shelter from the wind.
   • They hiked through scrabbly terrain dotted with small, twisted pines.
   • The scrabbly landscape was a challenge for the farmers.

   Synonymesbarebarrenbleakharshpoorsparsestuntedthinwaste

   Antonymeslushluxuriantverdant