a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
[ Syn: raggedness ]
the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
[ Syn: harshness ]
an unpolished unrefined quality; the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
[ Syn: crudeness ]
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
[ Syn: choppiness , rough water ]
rowdy behavior
[ Syn: rowdiness , rowdyism , disorderliness ]
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
[ Syn: pitting , indentation ]
harsh or severe speech or behavior; men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity; the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet'