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rough
adjective(rough)
unpleasantly stern
Synonyms: harsh,
Examples:
The nomad life is rough and hazardous.
rough
adjective(rough)
violently agitated and turbulent
Synonyms: boisterous, fierce,
Examples:
Rough weather.
Rough seas.
rough
adjective(rough)
ready and able to resort to force or violence
Synonyms: pugnacious,
Examples:
They were rough and determined fighting men.
rough
adjective(rough)
not shaped by cutting or trimming
Synonyms: uncut,
Examples:
Rough gemstones.
rough
adverb(rough)
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
Synonyms: roughly,
Examples:
He was pushed roughly aside.
They treated him rough.
rough
adjective(rough)
not carefully or expertly made
Synonyms: crude,
Examples:
Rough carpentry.
rough
adjective(rough)
unkind or cruel or uncivil
Synonyms: harsh,
Examples:
A rough answer.
rough
adjective(rough)
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy,
rough
adjective(rough)
full of hardship or trials
Synonyms: rocky,
Examples:
They were having a rough time.
rough
adverb(rough)
with rough motion as over a rough surface
Synonyms: roughly,
Examples:
Ride rough.
rough
adjective(rough)
having or caused by an irregular surface
Synonyms: unsmooth,
Antonyms: smooth,
Examples:
Trees with rough bark.
Rough ground.
Rough skin.
Rough blankets.
rough
verb(rough)
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
Synonyms: rough in, rough out,
rough
adjective(rough)
not quite exact or correct
Synonyms: approximate, approximative,
Examples:
A rough guess.
rough
adjective(rough)
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
Synonyms: bumpy, jolting, jolty, jumpy, rocky,
Antonyms: smooth,
Examples:
A rough ride.
rough
adjective(rough)
not perfected
Examples:
A rough draft.
A few rough sketches.
rough
adjective(rough)
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
Examples:
She was a diamond in the rough.
Rough manners.
rough
adjective(rough)
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
Antonyms: smooth,
rough
noun(rough)
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

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