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Roughness

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Noun

1. raggedness, roughness

a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

2. harshness, roughness

the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses

3. crudeness, roughness

an unpolished unrefined quality

Example Sentences:
'the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her'

4. choppiness, rough water, roughness

used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

5. disorderliness, roughness, rowdiness, rowdyism

rowdy behavior

6. indentation, pitting, roughness

the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

7. roughness

harsh or severe speech or behavior

Example Sentences:
'men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity'
'the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Roughness

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adjective
1. 
(of a surface) not smooth; uneven or irregular
2. 
(of ground) covered with scrub, boulders, etc
3. 
denoting or taking place on uncultivated ground
rough grazing
rough shooting
4. 
shaggy or hairy
5. 
turbulent; agitated
a rough sea
6. 
(of the performance or motion of something) uneven; irregular
a rough engine
7. 
(of behaviour or character) rude, coarse, ill mannered, inconsiderate, or violent
8. 
harsh or sharp
rough words
9. informal
severe or unpleasant
a rough lesson
10. 
(of work, a task, etc) requiring physical rather than mental effort
11. informal
ill or physically upset
he felt rough after an evening of heavy drinking
12. 
unfair or unjust
rough luck
13. 
harsh or grating to the ear
14. 
harsh to the taste
15. 
without refinement, luxury, etc
16. 
not polished or perfected in any detail; rudimentary; not elaborate
rough workmanship
rough justice
17. 
not prepared or dressed
rough gemstones
18. 
(of a guess, estimate, etc) approximate
19. Australian informal
(of a chance) not good
20. 
having the sound of h; aspirated
21.  rough on
22.  the rough side of one's tongue
noun
23. 
rough ground
24. 
a sketch or preliminary piece of artwork
25. 
an unfinished or crude state (esp in the phrase in the rough)
26.  the rough
27. tennis, squash, badminton
the side of a racket on which the binding strings form an uneven line
28. informal
a rough or violent person; thug
29. 
the unpleasant side of something (esp in the phrase take the rough with the smooth)
adverb
30. 
in a rough manner; roughly
31.  sleep rough
verb
32. (transitive)
to make rough; roughen
33. (tr; foll by out, in, etc)
to prepare (a sketch, report, piece of work, etc) in preliminary form
34.  rough it

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Roughness

see synonyms of roughness
adjective
1. 
a. 
not smooth or level; having bumps, projections, etc.; uneven
a rough surface
b. 
not easily traveled over or through because rocky, overgrown, wild, etc.
rough country
2. 
shaggy or bristly
an animal with a rough coat
3. 
characterized by violent action, motion, agitation, disturbance, or irregularity
; specif.,
a. 
stormy; tempestuous
rough weather
b. 
boisterous or disorderly
rough play
4. 
harsh, rude, brutal, etc.; not gentle or mild
a rough temper
5. 
sounding harsh; discordant; jarring
6. 
tasting harsh or astringent
rough wine
7. 
coarse, as texture, cloth, food, etc.
8. 
coarse in manner, tastes, etc.; lacking refinement or culture
rough men, rough language
9. 
lacking refinements, comforts, and conveniences
the rough life of a pioneer
10. 
not refined, polished, or prepared; natural, crude, etc.
a rough diamond
11. 
not finished, elaborated, perfected, etc.
a rough sketch
12. 
not worked out in detail; without claim to be exact or complete; approximate
a rough estimate
13. 
requiring muscular energy rather than skill or intelligence
rough labor
14.  Informal
difficult, severe, or disagreeable
a rough time
15.  Phonetics
articulated with an aspirate; having the sound (h)
noun
16. 
rough ground
17. 
rough material or condition
18. 
the rough part, aspect, etc. of something
19.  US
a rough sketch or draft
20.  Chiefly British
a rough person; rowdy; tough
21.  Golf
any part of the course where grass, weeds, etc. are allowed to grow, uncut, forming a hazard or obstacle
adverb
22. 
in a rough manner; roughly
23.  British
without shelter; outdoors
to sleep rough
verb transitive
24. 
to make rough; roughen
often with up
25. 
a. 
to handle or treat roughly or brutally
usually with up
b.  American Football Etc
to subject (an opponent) to intentional and unnecessary roughness
26. 
to make, fashion, sketch, shape, or cut roughly
usually with in or out
to rough out a scheme
27. 
to apply some preparatory or preliminary process or treatment to
verb intransitive
28.  Rare
to become rough
29. 
to behave roughly
a penalty for roughing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Roughness

see synonyms of roughness
adj. rough·er, rough·est
1.
a. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth: planed the board so it was no longer rough.
b. Coarse or shaggy to the touch: a rough scratchy blanket.
2.
a. Difficult to travel over or through: the rough terrain of the highlands.
b. Characterized by violent motion; turbulent: rough waters.
c. Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather: a rough winter.
d. Unpleasant or difficult: had a rough time during the exam.
3.
a. Characterized by or done with violence or forcefulness: a sport noted for rough play; a package that received rough handling.
b. Boisterous, disorderly, or given to violence: ran with a rough crowd.
c. Characterized by violence or crime: lives in a rough neighborhood.
d. Lacking polish or finesse: rough manners.
4. Harsh to the ear: a rough raspy sound.
5. Being in a natural state: rough diamonds.
6. Not perfected, completed, or fully detailed: a rough drawing; rough carpentry.
n.
1. The surface or part of something that is uneven or coarse: felt the rough of his chin.
2.
a. Rugged overgrown terrain.
b. Sports The area of a golf hole in which the grass is left unmowed or is cut to a length longer than that of the fairway.
3.
a. A disorderly, unrefined, or unfinished state.
b. A difficult or disagreeable aspect or condition of something: observed politics in the rough when working as an intern on Capitol Hill.
4. A person given to violent or disorderly behavior; a rowdy.
tr.v. roughed, rough·ing, roughs
1.
a. To treat roughly or with physical violence: roughed up his opponent.
b. Sports To treat (an opposing player) with unnecessary roughness, often in violation of the rules: was ejected from the game for roughing the passer.
2. To prepare or indicate in an unfinished form: rough out a house plan.
adv.
In a rough manner; roughly: The engine began to run rough and faltered.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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