Unsmooth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unsmooth is an adjective meaning Not smooth; rough.
Meaning
Not smooth; rough.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To make no longer smooth; to roughen or furrow.
Example Sentences
G. Fletcher How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style?
Her face gathers, furrows, glooms; arching eyebrows wrinkle into horizontals, and a tinge of bitterness unsmooths the cheek and robs the lip of sweetened grace. She is evidently perturbed.
In contrast, treatment with the uncleavable Alexa-labelled Ub-3A-G75A/G76A–CPP Tat resulted in an unsmooth and heterogeneous pattern of fluorescence in the cells, with intense staining of cytoplasmic components and nucleoli.
Word Forms
- unsmooths
- unsmoothing
- unsmoothed
Synonyms for unsmooth
Depending on context, synonyms include abrasive, scabrous, rough, rugged, jarring, craggy.
Antonyms for unsmooth
Common opposites include smooth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rough, roughish, rugged, jarring, craggy, pique.
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