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(satellite adjective) not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" |
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(satellite adjective) (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: unsmooth |
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Antonyms: smooth |
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(adjective) (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped |
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Antonyms: smooth |
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(noun) the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
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Related Words: land site, site |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: pugnacious |
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(adverb) with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" |
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Synonyms: roughly |
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(adverb) with roughness or violence; "he was pushed roughly aside"; (`rough' is informal as in "they treated him rough") |
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Synonyms: roughly |
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(adjective) not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" |
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Synonyms: uncut |
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(satellite adjective) full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" |
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Synonyms: rocky |
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(verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" |
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Synonyms: draft, outline |
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Related Words: compose, indite, pen, write |
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(verb) prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
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Synonyms: rough in, rough out |
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Related Words: prepare |
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(satellite adjective) unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" |
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Synonyms: harsh |
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(satellite adjective) not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" |
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Synonyms: crude |
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(satellite adjective) violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" |
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Synonyms: boisterous, fierce |
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(satellite adjective) not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough estimate" |
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Synonyms: approximate, approximative |
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(satellite adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" |
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Synonyms: grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy |
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