English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "skubberig" is:byvoeglike naamwoordBedek met skale of skaalagtige strukture.Om of gekenmerk deur skubbe, as 'n vis of reptiel.Vlokkerig of skilferend, as droë vel.Llyk skubbe, soos in grofheid of onreëlmatigheid.Oneerlik of onbetroubaar, soos in "'n skubberige karakter" (slanggebruik).Voorbeelde van gebruik:Die skubberige vel op die vis het dit moeilik gemaak om te hanteer .Die slang se skubberige tekstuur het grof gevoel om aan te raak.Haar kopvel was droog en skurf, wat jeuk en ongemak veroorsaak het.Die oppervlak van die ou verf was skurf en moes geskuur word voor oorverf.Ek sal hom nie vertrou nie, hy het 'n skubberige reputasie in saketransaksies.

Synonyms

  1. scaled
  2. scaley

Sentence Examples

  1. Swearing, I threw the tire iron as the beast raised its giant scaly head, striking it in the mouth and knocking several teeth flying in a spray of blood.
  2. He got down on one knee, extending his brown, scaly claw to stroke the top of her head, which was covered densely in long, thin, black and navy feathers.
  3. I fired a bolt of energy at the ground and then jumped, the energy rebounding and striking the wyvern in its scaly hide.
  4. When Olivia was a little girl Avis had tormented her with tales of the scaly old man who lived under her bed and, every night when the lantern was extinguished, slithered out from between the floorboards.
  5. The creature swung a scaly clawed hand around and clipped the man on the shoulder.
  6. The beast reared back, its scaly hide trembling, drool and blood dripping from its gaping mouth.
  7. His scaly hand clamped down and snatched a handful of her hair.
  8. Evan slung, half conscious, across his scaly back.
  9. Covered in scaly skin, its hands were strange curled claws.
  10. I could see the carnage from the battle even from here, a crowd gathering around the hunched, scaly body of the wyvern.