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Rough
rʌf
- having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level
"they had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground"
uneven irregular bumpy stony rocky broken rugged jaggy craggy coarse bristly scratchy prickly gnarled knotty lumpy knobbly nodular dry leathery weather-beaten- denoting the face of a tennis or squash racket on which the loops formed from the stringing process project (used as a call when the racket is spun to decide the right to serve first or to choose ends)
- (of a person or their behaviour) not gentle; violent or boisterous
"pushchairs should be capable of withstanding rough treatment"
violent brutal vicious careless clumsy inept unskilful boorish loutish oafish brutish coarse crude uncouth rough-hewn roughcast vulgar unrefined unladylike ungentlemanly uncultured ill-bred ill-mannered unmannerly impolite churlish discourteous uncivil ungracious rude brusque blunt curt- (of an area or occasion) characterized by violent behaviour
"the workmen hate going to the rough estates"
- (of weather or the sea) wild and stormy
"the lifeboat crew braved rough seas to rescue a couple"
- not finished tidily or decoratively; plain and basic
"the customers sat at rough wooden tables"
- put together as a temporary measure; makeshift
"he had one arm in a rough sling"
- lacking sophistication or refinement
"she took care of him in her rough, kindly way"
- not fully worked out or including every detail
"he had a rough draft of his new novel"
- (of stationery) used for making preliminary notes
"rough paper"
- (of a voice) harsh and rasping
"his voice was rough with barely suppressed fury"
gruff hoarse harsh rasping raspy husky throaty gravelly guttural raucous discordant cacophonous grating jarring strident harsh dissonant unmusical inharmonious unmelodious- (of wine or another alcoholic drink) sharp or harsh in taste
"he refilled the mug with rough cider"
- not exact or precise; approximate
"they had a rough idea of when the murder took place"
- difficult and unpleasant or unfair
"the teachers gave me a rough time because my image didn't fit"
- unwell
"the altitude had hit her and she was feeling rough"
- in a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently
"treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair"
- a disreputable and violent person
"the rear of the column was attacked by roughs"
- (on a golf course) longer grass around the fairway and the green
"his second shot lay in the rough"
- a preliminary sketch
"I did a rough to work out the scale of the lettering"
- an uncut precious stone
"miners discovered one of the biggest diamond roughs in history"
- work or shape (something) in a rough, preliminary fashion
"the piece of glass is now roughed into a circular form"
- make uneven
"the water was roughed by the wind"
roughen make rough - live in discomfort with only basic necessities
"she'd had to rough it alone in digs"