rough

Plural: roughs

Noun

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
• The unmowed part of a golf course.
• A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
• 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.
• Boisterous weather.
• A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.

Verb

Verb Forms: roughed, roughing, roughs

• To make something uneven or coarse in texture.
• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
• To create in an approximate form.
• To break the rules by being excessively violent.
• 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.
• To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.

Adjective

• Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or gentle.
• having or caused by an irregular surface
  • "trees with rough bark"
  • "rough ground"
  • "rough skin"
  • "rough blankets"
• 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"

Adjective Satellite

• (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; ; - Ezra Pound
  • "rough weather"
  • "rough seas"
• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
• ready and able to resort to force or violence; - Herman Melville
  • "they were rough and determined fighting men"
• 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"

Adverb

• 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"

Adj

• Not smooth; uneven.
• Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
• Turbulent.
• Difficult; trying.
• Crude; unrefined.
• Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
• Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
• Violent; not careful or subtle.
• Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
• Not polished; uncut.
• Harsh-tasting.
• Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
• Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
• Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.

Adv

• In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

Examples

• a rough copy
• a rough diamond
• a rough estimate
• a rough guess
• a rough plan
• a rough sketch of a building
• a rough tone
• a rough voice
• Being a teenager nowadays can be rough.
• He tried to ROUGH up his opponent’s board, but they easily found a counterplay.
• His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.
• His opponent’s strategy was ROUGH, consistently blocking his potential plays.
• rough hands
• Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
• rough sea
• rough stone
• rough surface
• rough water
• rough weather
• rough wine
• rough words
• the rough bit of town
• This box has been through some rough handling.
• to rough it

Synonyms

approximate, approximative, boisterous, bumpy, crude, fierce, grating, gravelly, harsh, jolting, jolty, jumpy, pugnacious, rasping, raspy, rocky, rough in, rough out, roughly, scratchy, uncut, unsmooth, abrasive, asperous, coarse, gimped, irregular, jagged, jaggy, rough, rugged, rugose, salebrous, scabrous, scraggy, shagged, squarrose, uneven

Antonyms

cut, smooth, even, polished, velvety

Related Words

rough-hewn

Anagrams of rough