Noun | 1. | ![]() |
Verb | 1. | rough - prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
Adj. | 1. | rough - 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 Antonyms: smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" |
2. | rough - (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" | |
3. | rough - not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" Synonyms: approximate, approximative | |
4. | rough - full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" Synonyms: rocky | |
5. | rough - violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" Synonyms: boisterous, fierce | |
6. | rough - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" | |
7. | rough - 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 | |
8. | rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped Antonyms: smooth - of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth | |
9. | rough - not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" Synonyms: uncut | |
10. | rough - 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 | |
11. | rough - not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" | |
12. | rough - unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" Synonyms: harsh | |
Adv. | 1. | rough - with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" Synonyms: roughly |
2. | rough - with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" Synonyms: roughly |