rough
Noun · Verb · Adjective · AdverbWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Adjective (14)
- having or caused by an irregular surface“trees with rough bark”“rough ground”“rough skin”“rough blankets”“his unsmooth face”Synonyms: unsmooth
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse“she was a diamond in the rough”“rough manners”
- not quite exact or correct“the approximate time was 10 o'clock”“a rough guess”“a ballpark estimate”Synonyms: approximateapproximative
- full of hardship or trials“the rocky road to success”“they were having a rough time”Synonyms: rocky
- violently agitated and turbulent“boisterous winds and waves”“the fierce thunders roar me their music — Ezra Pound”“rough weather”“rough seas”Synonyms: boisterousfierce
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound“a gravelly voice”Synonyms: gratinggravellyraspingraspyscratchy
- 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
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements“a rough ride”Synonyms: rockybumpyjoltyjoltingjumpy
- not shaped by cutting or trimming“an uncut diamond”“rough gemstones”Synonyms: uncut
- 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
- not perfected“a rough draft”“a few rough sketches”
- unpleasantly stern“wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”“the nomad life is rough and hazardous”Synonyms: harsh
- unkind or cruel or uncivil“had harsh words”“a harsh and unlovable old tyrant”“a rough answer”Synonyms: harsh
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth. Specifically: (a) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road. "Rough, uneven ways." --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond. (c) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water. [1913 Webster]
More unequal than the roughest sea. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] (d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat. "A visage rough."— Dryden. "Roughsatyrs." --Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish. Specifically: (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper. [1913 Webster]
A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds. --Prior. [1913 Webster] (b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions. [1913 Webster]
On the rough edge of battle.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
A quicker and rougher remedy.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious usage often produces. --Locke. [1913 Webster] (c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine. (e) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day. [1913 Webster]
He stayeth his rough wind.— Isa. xxvii. 8.[1913 Webster]
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught. [1913 Webster]
Rough diamond, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior.
Rough and ready. (a) Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The rough and ready understanding." --Lowell. [1913 Webster] (b) Produced offhand. "Some rough and ready theory." --Tylor. [1913 Webster]
1.To render rough; to roughen. [1913 Webster]
2.To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. --Crabb. [1913 Webster]
3.To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. [1913 Webster]
Roughing rolls, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars.
To rough it, to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts. [1913 Webster]
1.Boisterous weather. [Obs.] --Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
2.A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. [1913 Webster]
In the rough, in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough. [1913 Webster]
Contemplating the people in the rough.— Mrs. Browning.[1913 Webster]
Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]