having or caused by an irregular surface; trees with rough bark; rough ground; rough skin; rough blankets; his unsmooth face
[ Syn: unsmooth ]
not shaped by cutting or trimming; an uncut diamond; rough gemstones
[ Syn: uncut ]
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; a rough ride
rough (adj.)
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
rough (n.)
with roughness or violence (`rough is an informal variant for `roughly); he was pushed roughly aside; they treated him rough
[ Syn: roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly ]
with rough motion as over a rough surface; ride rough
[ Syn: roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly ]
rough (adv.)
not carefully or expertly made; managed to make a crude splint; a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them; rough carpentry
[ Syn: crude ]
not perfected; a rough draft; a few rough sketches'
unpleasantly stern; wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus; the nomad life is rough and hazardous
[ Syn: harsh ]
unkind or cruel or uncivil; had harsh words; a harsh and unlovable old tyrant; a rough answer
[ Syn: harsh ]
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; she was a diamond in the rough; rough manners'
not quite exact or correct; the approximate time was 10 oclock; a rough guess; a ballpark estimate
[ Syn: approximate , approximative ]
full of hardship or trials; the rocky road to success; they were having a rough time
[ Syn: rocky ]
violently agitated and turbulent; boisterous winds and waves; the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound; rough weather; rough seas
[ Syn: boisterous , fierce ]
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; a gravelly voice
ready and able to resort to force or violence; pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville; they were rough and determined fighting men
[ Syn: pugnacious ]