rough (adj.)

  1. having or caused by an irregular surface; trees with rough bark; rough ground; rough skin; rough blankets; his unsmooth face

    [ Syn: unsmooth ]

  2. not shaped by cutting or trimming; an uncut diamond; rough gemstones

    [ Syn: uncut ]

  3. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

  4. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; a rough ride

    [ Syn: rocky , bumpy , jolty , jolting , jumpy ]

    rough (n.)

  1. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

    rough (adv.)

  1. 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 ]

  2. with rough motion as over a rough surface; ride rough

    [ Syn: roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly , roughly ]

    rough (adj.)

  1. 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 ]

  2. not perfected; a rough draft; a few rough sketches'

  3. unpleasantly stern; wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus; the nomad life is rough and hazardous

    [ Syn: harsh ]

  4. unkind or cruel or uncivil; had harsh words; a harsh and unlovable old tyrant; a rough answer

    [ Syn: harsh ]

  5. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; she was a diamond in the rough; rough manners'

  6. not quite exact or correct; the approximate time was 10 oclock; a rough guess; a ballpark estimate

    [ Syn: approximate , approximative ]

  7. full of hardship or trials; the rocky road to success; they were having a rough time

    [ Syn: rocky ]

  8. violently agitated and turbulent; boisterous winds and waves; the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound; rough weather; rough seas

    [ Syn: boisterous , fierce ]

  9. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; a gravelly voice

    [ Syn: grating , gravelly , rasping , raspy , scratchy ]

  10. 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 ]

    rough (v.)

  1. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

    [ Syn: rough in , rough out ]

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