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Rough

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Definitions for Rough

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

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