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Definition of Rough
1. Adverb. With roughness or violence ('rough' is an informal variant for 'roughly'). "They treated him rough"
2. Noun. The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.
3. Verb. Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form.
4. Adjective. Having or caused by an irregular surface. "His unsmooth face"
Also: Uneven, Unironed, Wrinkled, Unpolished, Irregular, Coarse, Harsh, Nonslippery
Similar to: Abrasive, Scratchy, Alligatored, Cracked, Barky, Broken, Rugged, Bullate, Bumpy, Chapped, Cracked, Roughened, Corded, Twilled, Costate, Ribbed, Cragged, Craggy, Hilly, Mountainous, Crushed, Homespun, Nubbly, Nubby, Slubbed, Tweedy, Imbricate, Imbricated, Lepidote, Leprose, Scabrous, Scaly, Scurfy, Squamulose, Lined, Seamed, Pocked, Pockmarked, Potholed, Rock-ribbed, Rockbound, Bouldered, Bouldery, Rocky, Stony, Gravelly, Pebbly, Shingly, Roughish, Rugose, Sandpapery, Saw-like, Scabby, Shagged, Shaggy, Coarse-textured, Rough-textured, Textured, Verrucose, Wartlike, Warty
Derivative terms: Roughness
Antonyms: Smooth
5. Adjective. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse. "Rough manners"
6. Adverb. With rough motion as over a rough surface. "Ride rough"
7. Adjective. Not quite exact or correct. "A ballpark estimate"
Similar to: Inexact
Derivative terms: Approximate, Approximate
8. Adjective. Full of hardship or trials. "They were having a rough time"
9. Adjective. Violently agitated and turbulent. "Rough seas"
Similar to: Stormy
Derivative terms: Boisterousness, Fierceness, Roughness
10. Adjective. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. "A gravelly voice"
Similar to: Cacophonic, Cacophonous
Derivative terms: Rasp, Roughness, Scratch
11. Adjective. Ready and able to resort to force or violence. "They were rough and determined fighting men"
12. Adjective. Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped.
Also: Simple, Unsubdivided, Compound
Similar to: Bidentate, Biserrate, Ciliate, Ciliated, Crenate, Crenated, Scalloped, Crenulate, Crenulated, Crispate, Dentate, Denticulate, Emarginate, Erose, Jagged, Jaggy, Notched, Toothed, Fimbriate, Fringed, Laciniate, Lacerate, Lacerated, Pectinate, Rimose, Runcinate, Notched, Saw-toothed, Serrate, Serrated, Toothed, Serrulate, Spinose
Derivative terms: Roughness
Antonyms: Smooth
13. Adjective. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. "A rough ride"
Derivative terms: Bump, Jolt, Jump, Rock
Antonyms: Smooth
14. Adjective. Not shaped by cutting or trimming. "Rough gemstones"
15. Adjective. Not carefully or expertly made. "Rough carpentry"
16. Adjective. Not perfected. "A few rough sketches"
17. Adjective. Unpleasantly stern. "The nomad life is rough and hazardous"
18. Adjective. Unkind or cruel or uncivil. "A rough answer"
Definition of Rough
1. a. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
2. n. Boisterous weather.
3. adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
4. v. t. To render rough; to roughen.
Definition of Rough
1. Adjective. Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven. ¹
2. Adjective. Approximate. ¹
3. Adjective. Turbulent. ¹
4. Adjective. Difficult; trying. ¹
5. Adjective. Crude; unrefined ¹
6. Adjective. Violent; not careful or subtle ¹
7. Noun. The unmowed part of a golf course. ¹
8. Noun. A crude person. ¹
9. Noun. (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce. ¹
10. Noun. The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created. ¹
11. Noun. A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process. ¹
12. Verb. To create in an approximate form. ¹
13. Verb. To physically assault someone in retribution. ¹
14. Verb. (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player. ¹
15. Verb. To render rough; to roughen. ¹
16. Verb. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rough
1. having an uneven surface [adj ROUGHER, ROUGHEST] / to make rough [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: rough
Medical Definition of Rough
1. Not smooth; denoting the irregular, coarsely granular surface of a certain bacterial colony type. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough
Literary usage of Rough
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1857)
"Founder of the rough House, or Institution of Rescue at Horn, near Hamburg. ...
reformatory movements of the age, as founder and superintendent of the rough ..."
2. American Journal of Education (1857)
"Founder of the rough House, or Institution of Rescue at Horn, near Hamburg.
JOHN HENRY WICHERN, whose name will ever be associated with one of the most ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The rough- coated variety, which is now becoming popular, is on the same lines
exactly. Poodle.— This is probably the cleverest of all dogs and most apt to ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1897)
"rough, JOHN (d. 1557), Scottish protestant martyr, is stated to have been born
in 1510, but as he was incorporated in St. Leonard's College in the ..."
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