Definition of Rough
Noun
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the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Verb
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prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- rough in - rough out
Adjective
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unkind or cruel or uncivil
"had harsh words"
"a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"
"a rough answer"
harsh -
unpleasantly stern
"wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"
"the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
harsh -
not perfected
"a rough draft"
"a few rough sketches"
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not carefully or expertly made
"managed to make a crude splint"
"a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"
"rough carpentry"
crude -
not shaped by cutting or trimming
"an uncut diamond"
"rough gemstones"
uncut -
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
"a rough ride"
rocky bumpy jolty jolting jumpy -
of the margin of a leaf shape
having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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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"
pugnacious -
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
"a gravelly voice"
grating gravelly rasping raspy scratchy -
violently agitated and turbulent
"boisterous winds and waves"
"the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound
"rough weather"
"rough seas"
boisterous fierce -
full of hardship or trials
"the rocky road to success"
"they were having a rough time"
rocky -
not quite exact or correct
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock"
"a rough guess"
"a ballpark estimate"
approximate approximative -
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
"she was a diamond in the rough"
"rough manners"
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having or caused by an irregular surface
"trees with rough bark"
"rough ground"
"rough skin"
"rough blankets"
"his unsmooth face"
unsmooth
Adverb
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.Word games points for the Rough
- Scrabble® score of the rough (9)
- Word Chums® score of the rough (11)
- Words With Friends® score of the rough (10)
Unscramble rough
19 unscramble word found using the letters rough.
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