What does roughen mean?
Roughen means (transitive) To make rough..
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/ˈɹʌfən/ · verb
(transitive) To make rough..
The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea.
They roughened the edges of the stone to give it a rustic look.
Use roughen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Roughen means (transitive) To make rough..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include smooth, smoothen.
The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea.
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