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a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
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the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
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an unpolished unrefined quality
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Examples
- the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
noun
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
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rowdy behavior
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the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
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harsh or severe speech or behavior
Examples
- men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity
- the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet