What is the meaning of roughness?

noun

  • A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven.
  • The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses.
  • An unpolished unrefined quality.
    • usage: "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
  • Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather.
  • Rowdy behavior.
  • The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion.
  • Harsh or severe speech or behavior.
    • usage: "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
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APAWordNet. (2010). roughness. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/roughness/definitions/1190218
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