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rough [a]
 
1)having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing"
    Synonyms :unsmooth 
    See Also: abrasive  alligatored  barky  broken  bullate  bumpy  chapped  coarse  corded  costate  cragged  crushed  homespun  irregular  lepidote  squamulose  lined  nonslippery  pocked  bouldered  roughish  rugose  scabby  rough-textured  uneven  unironed  unpolished  verrucose  smooth  imbricate  sandpapery  shagged 
 
2)(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: unrefined 
 
3)not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
    Synonyms :approximate approximative 
    See Also: inexact 
 
4)full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
    Synonyms :rocky 
    See Also: difficult 
 
5)violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
    Synonyms :boisterous fierce 
    See Also: stormy 
 
6)unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
    Synonyms :grating gravel gravelly rasping raspy 
    See Also: cacophonic 
 
7)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"
    Synonyms :pugnacious 
    See Also: aggressive 
 
8)of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
    Synonyms :
    See Also: angulate  bidentate  biserrate  ciliate  crenate  crenulate  crispate  dentate  denticulate  emarginate  erose  fimbriate  fringed  lacerate  pectinate  runcinate  notched  serrulate  simple  compound  botany  smooth  rimose  spinose 
 
9)not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
    Synonyms :uncut 
    See Also: unsheared  cut 
 
10)not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
    Synonyms :crude 
    See Also: unskilled 
 
11)not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: unpolished 
 
12)unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
    Synonyms :harsh 
    See Also: unpleasant 
 
rough [r]
 
1)with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
    Synonyms :roughly 
    See Also: colloquialism  pugnacious 
 
2)with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
    Synonyms :roughly 
    See Also:
 
rough [n]
 
1)the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
    Synonyms :
    See Also: land_site  golf_course 
 
rough [v]
 
1)prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
    Synonyms :rough_in rough_out 
    See Also: prepare 
 



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