rough


Meanings

  • the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
  • prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
  • having or caused by an irregular surface;
    • "trees with rough bark"
    • "rough ground"
    • "rough skin"
    • "rough blankets"
  • (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse;
    • "she was a diamond in the rough"
    • "rough manners"
  • not quite exact or correct;
    • "a rough guess"
  • full of hardship or trials;
    • "they were having a rough time"
  • violently agitated and turbulent;
    • "rough weather"
    • "rough seas"
  • unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound;
  • ready and able to resort to force or violence;
    • "they were rough and determined fighting men"
  • of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
  • causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements;
    • "a rough ride"
  • not shaped by cutting or trimming;
    • "rough gemstones"
  • not carefully or expertly made;
    • "rough carpentry"
  • not perfected;
    • "a rough draft"
    • "a few rough sketches"
  • unpleasantly stern;
    • "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
  • unkind or cruel or uncivil;
    • "a rough answer"
  • with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly');
    • "he was pushed roughly aside"
    • "they treated him rough"
  • with rough motion as over a rough surface;
    • "ride rough"
  • ROUGH adj ROUGHER, ROUGHEST having an uneven surface
  • ROUGH v -ED, -ING, -S to make rough


Scrabble Score: 9

rough is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

rough is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

rough is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 10

rough is a valid Words With Friends word