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rough > 16 senses
ADJECTIVE1rough, unsmoothHaving or caused by an irregular surface
2rough(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
3rough, approximate, approximativeNot quite exact or correct
4rough, rockyFull of hardship or trials
5rough, boisterous, fierceViolently agitated and turbulent
6rough, grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspyUnpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
7rough, pugnaciousReady and able to resort to force or violence
8roughOf the margin of a leaf shape
9rough, uncutNot shaped by cutting or trimming
10rough, crudeNot carefully or expertly made
11roughNot perfected
12rough, harshUnpleasantly stern
ADVERB1rough, roughlyWith roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
2rough, roughlyWith rough motion as over a rough surface
NOUN1roughThe part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
VERB1rough, rough in, rough outPrepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough > pronunciation
Soundsrah'f
Rhymesaleph, bailiff, bluff, and 37 more rhymes in ahf at the HyperDic website...
rough > adjective 1
MeaningHaving or caused by an irregular surface.
Examples"trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"
Synonymsunsmooth
Similarabrasive, scratchy; alligatored, cracked; barky; broken, rugged; bullate; bumpy, jarring, jolting, jolty; chapped, cracked, roughened; corded, twilled; costate, ribbed; cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous; crushed; homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy; imbricate, imbricated; lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy; squamulose; lined, seamed; pocked, pockmarked, potholed; rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony; roughish; rugose; sandpapery; scabby; shagged, shaggy; textured, rough-textured; verrucose, warty, wartlike
See alsouneven; unfinished; unironed, wrinkled; unpolished; irregular; coarse; nonslippery
Contrarysmooth
Adverbsroughly
rough > adjective 2
Meaning(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse.
Examples"she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
Similar tounrefined
rough > adjective 3
MeaningNot quite exact or correct.
Examples"a rough guess"
Synonymsapproximate, approximative
Similar toinexact
rough > adjective 4
MeaningFull of hardship or trials.
Examples"they were having a rough time"
Synonymsrocky
Similar todifficult, hard
rough > adjective 5
MeaningViolently agitated and turbulent.
Examples"rough weather"; "rough seas"
Synonymsboisterous, fierce
Similar tostormy
rough > adjective 6
MeaningUnpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
Synonymsgrating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy
Similar tocacophonous, cacophonic
rough > adjective 7
MeaningReady and able to resort to force or violence.
Examples"they were rough and determined fighting men"
Synonymspugnacious
Similar toaggressive
Adverbsroughly
rough > adjective 8
MeaningOf the margin of a leaf shape. Having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped.
Categorybotany, phytology
Similarangulate; bidentate; biserrate; ciliate, ciliated; crenate, crenated, scalloped; crenulate, crenulated; crispate; dentate; denticulate; emarginate; erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed; fimbriate; fringed, laciniate; lacerate; pectinate; rimose; runcinate; serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched; serrulate; spinose
See alsosimple, unsubdivided; compound
Contrarysmooth
rough > adjective 9
MeaningNot shaped by cutting or trimming.
Examples"rough gemstones"
Synonymsuncut
Similarunsheared
Contrarycut
rough > adjective 10
MeaningNot carefully or expertly made.
Examples"rough carpentry"
Synonymscrude
Similar tounskilled
rough > adjective 11
MeaningNot perfected.
Examples"a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
Similar tounpolished
rough > adjective 12
MeaningUnpleasantly stern.
Examples"the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
Synonymsharsh
Similar tounpleasant
rough > noun, location
MeaningThe part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.
Part ofgolf course, golf links, links
Broadersite, land site
rough > adverb 1
MeaningWith roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly').
Examples"he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
Synonymsroughly
Usagecolloquialism
rough > adverb 2
MeaningWith rough motion as over a rough surface.
Examples"ride rough"
Synonymsroughly
rough > verb, creation
MeaningPrepare in preliminary or sketchy form.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsrough in, rough out
Broaderprepare

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