noun
- The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.
verb
adjective
- Having or caused by an irregular surface.
- usage: "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
- synonyms: unsmooth
- Of persons or behavior. ( lacking refinement or finesse)
- usage: "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
- Not quite exact or correct.
- usage: "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
- synonyms: approximate, approximative
- Full of hardship or trials.
- usage: "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
- synonyms: rocky
- Violently agitated and turbulent.
- usage: "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
- synonyms: boisterous, fierce
- Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
- usage: "a gravelly voice"
- Ready and able to resort to force or violence.
- usage: "pugnacious spirits... Lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
- synonyms: pugnacious
- Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped.
- Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
- usage: "a rough ride"
- Not shaped by cutting or trimming.
- usage: "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
- synonyms: uncut
- Not carefully or expertly made.
- usage: "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
- synonyms: crude
- Not perfected.
- usage: "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
- Unpleasantly stern.
- usage: "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
- synonyms: harsh
- Unkind or cruel or uncivil.
- usage: "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"
- synonyms: harsh
adverb
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