Rough

adjective
rəf

Adjective

  • having or caused by an irregular surface

    trees with rough bark

    rough ground

    rough skin

    Similar:Unsmooth
    See also:CoarseUnevenUnpolished
  • violently agitated and turbulent

    rough weather

    rough seas

  • unpleasantly stern

    the nomad life is rough and hazardous

    Similar:Harsh
  • ready and able to resort to force or violence

    they were rough and determined fighting men

    Similar:Pugnacious
  • not shaped by cutting or trimming

    rough gemstones

    Similar:Uncut
  • not carefully or expertly made

    rough carpentry

    Similar:Crude
  • unkind or cruel or uncivil

    a rough answer

    Similar:Harsh
  • full of hardship or trials

    they were having a rough time

    Similar:Rocky
  • not quite exact or correct

    a rough guess

    Similar:ApproximateApproximative
  • causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

    a rough ride

    Similar:BumpyJoltingJoltyJumpyRocky
  • not perfected

    a rough draft

    a few rough sketches

  • (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

    she was a diamond in the rough

    rough manners

  • unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

    Similar:GratingGravellyRaspingRaspyScratchy
  • of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

    See also:UnsubdividedSimpleCompound

Noun

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

    Type of:Site

Verb

  • prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

    Type of:Prepare

Adverb

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

    he was pushed roughly aside

    they treated him rough

    Similar:Roughly
  • with rough motion as over a rough surface

    ride rough

    Similar:Roughly

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