ROUGH
/ɹʌf/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form.
— synonyms: rough_in, rough_out
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.
- adverb with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly').
— synonyms: roughly
- adverb with rough motion as over a rough surface.
— synonyms: roughly
- adjective having or caused by an irregular surface.
— synonyms: unsmooth
- adjective (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse.
- adjective not quite exact or correct.
— synonyms: approximate, approximative
- adjective full of hardship or trials.
— synonyms: rocky
- adjective violently agitated and turbulent.
— synonyms: boisterous, fierce
- adjective unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
— synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy
- adjective ready and able to resort to force or violence.
— synonyms: pugnacious
- adjective of the margin of a leaf shape.
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
— synonyms: rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
- adjective not shaped by cutting or trimming.
— synonyms: uncut
- adjective not carefully or expertly made.
— synonyms: crude
- adjective not perfected.
- adjective unpleasantly stern.
— synonyms: harsh
- adjective unkind or cruel or uncivil.
— synonyms: harsh
Examples
- “Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.”
- “a rough estimate; a rough sketch of a building; a rough plan”
- “rough sea”
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