ROUGH

pugnacious, rough

(adjective) 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”

grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy

(adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; “a gravelly voice”

boisterous, fierce, rough

(adjective) violently agitated and turbulent; “boisterous winds and waves”; “the fierce thunders roar me their music”- Ezra Pound; “rough weather”; “rough seas”

uncut, rough

(adjective) not shaped by cutting or trimming; “an uncut diamond”; “rough gemstones”

rocky, rough

(adjective) full of hardship or trials; “the rocky road to success”; “they were having a rough time”

approximate, approximative, rough

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”

harsh, rough

(adjective) unkind or cruel or uncivil; “had harsh words”; “a harsh and unlovable old tyrant”; “a rough answer”

harsh, rough

(adjective) unpleasantly stern; “wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”; “the nomad life is rough and hazardous”

rough

(adjective) not perfected; “a rough draft”; “a few rough sketches”

rough

(adjective) (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; “she was a diamond in the rough”; “rough manners”

crude, rough

(adjective) not carefully or expertly made; “managed to make a crude splint”; “a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”; “rough carpentry”

rough, unsmooth

(adjective) having or caused by an irregular surface; “trees with rough bark”; “rough ground”; “rough skin”; “rough blankets”; “his unsmooth face”

rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy

(adjective) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; “a rough ride”

rough

(adjective) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

roughly, rough

(adverb) with rough motion as over a rough surface; “ride rough”

roughly, rough

(adverb) with roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal variant for ‘roughly’); “he was pushed roughly aside”; “they treated him rough”

rough

(noun) the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Rough (plural Roughs)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rough is the 31516^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 734 individuals. Rough is most common among White (89.92%) individuals.

Etymology

Adjective

rough (comparative rougher, superlative roughest)

Not smooth; uneven.

Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

Turbulent.

Difficult; trying.

Crude; unrefined

Violent; not careful or subtle

Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.

Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.

Harsh-tasting.

(chiefly, UK, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick

(chiefly, UK, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover

Antonyms

• smooth

Noun

rough (plural roughs)

The unmowed part of a golf course.

A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

(cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.

The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.

A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.

(obsolete) Boisterous weather.

A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.

Verb

rough (third-person singular simple present roughs, present participle roughing, simple past and past participle roughed)

To create in an approximate form.

(ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.

To render rough; to roughen.

To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.

To endure primitive conditions.

(transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.

Adverb

rough (comparative more rough, superlative most rough)

In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

Source: Wiktionary

Rough, a. [Compar. Rougher; superl. Roughest.] Etym: [OE. rou, rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. r; akin to LG. rug, D. rug, D. ruig, ruw, OHG. r, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. sq. root 18. Cf. Rug, n.]

1. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth. Specifically: (a) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road. "Rough, uneven ways." Shak. (b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond. (c) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water. More unequal than the roughest sea. T. Burnet.

(d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat. "A visage rough." Dryden. "Roughsatyrs." Milton.

2. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish. Specifically: (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper. A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. Shak. A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds. Prior.

(b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions. On the rough edge of battle. Milton. A quicker and rougher remedy. Clarendon. Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious usage often produces. Locke.

(c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers. Pope. (d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine. (e) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day. He stayeth his rough wind. Isa. xxvii. 8. Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. Shak.

(f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught. Rough diamond, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior.

– Rough and ready. (a) Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The rough and ready understanding." Lowell. (b) Produced offhand. "Some rough and ready theory." Tylor.

Rough, n.

1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.] Fletcher.

2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. In the rough, in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough. Contemplating the people in the rough. Mrs. Browning.

Rough, adv.

Definition: In a rough manner; rudely; roughly. Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. Sir W. Scott.

Rough, v. t.

1. To render rough; to roughen.

2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. Crabb.

3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. Roughing rolls, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars.

– To rough it, to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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