rough

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    n.

  • the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

    adj.

  • having or caused by an irregular surface; unsmooth

    trees with rough bark

    rough ground

    rough skin

    rough blankets

    his unsmooth face

  • (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

    she was a diamond in the rough

    rough manners

  • not quite exact or correct; approximate, approximative

    the approximate time was 10 o'clock

    a rough guess

    a ballpark estimate

  • full of hardship or trials; rocky

    the rocky road to success

    they were having a rough time

  • violently agitated and turbulent; boisterous, fierce

    boisterous winds and waves

    the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather

    rough seas

  • unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy

    a gravelly voice

  • ready and able to resort to force or violence; pugnacious

    pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men

  • of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
  • causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy

    a rough ride

  • not shaped by cutting or trimming; uncut

    an uncut diamond

    rough gemstones

  • not carefully or expertly made; crude

    managed to make a crude splint

    a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them

    rough carpentry

  • not perfected

    a rough draft

    a few rough sketches

  • unpleasantly stern; harsh

    wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus

    the nomad life is rough and hazardous

  • unkind or cruel or uncivil; harsh

    had harsh words

    a harsh and unlovable old tyrant

    a rough answer

    adv.

  • with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); roughly

    he was pushed roughly aside

    they treated him rough

  • with rough motion as over a rough surface; roughly

    ride rough

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

roughs|roughed|roughing|rougher|roughest
syn.: blunt broken brusque bumpy choppy coarse crude curt difficult fierce gruff harsh irregular rowdy rude severe shaggy snippy surly tough uneven
ant.: mild smooth