Rough

/ɹʌf/ · adjective

Meaning

Not smooth; uneven..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not smooth; uneven.
2. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
3. Turbulent.
4. Difficult; trying.
5. Crude; unrefined.
6. Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
7. (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
8. Violent; not careful or subtle.

Example Sentences

rough hands

rough stone

rough surface

The rock was one of those tremendously solid brown, or rather black, rocks which emerge from the sand like something primitive. Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top.

a rough copy

a rough estimate

a rough guess

a rough plan

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Word Forms

• rougher
• roughest
• ruff
• roughs
• roughing
• roughed
• more rough
• most rough

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