rough

1. (satellite adjective) not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"

2. (satellite adjective) (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"

3. (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"
Synonyms: unsmooth
Antonyms: smooth

4. (adjective) (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
Antonyms: smooth

5. (noun) the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Related Words: land site, site

6. (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"
Synonyms: pugnacious

7. (adverb) with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
Synonyms: roughly

8. (adverb) with roughness or violence; "he was pushed roughly aside"; (`rough' is informal as in "they treated him rough")
Synonyms: roughly

9. (adjective) not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
Synonyms: uncut

10. (satellite adjective) full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
Synonyms: rocky

11. (verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
Synonyms: draft, outline
Related Words: compose, indite, pen, write

12. (verb) prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
Synonyms: rough in, rough out
Related Words: prepare

13. (satellite adjective) unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
Synonyms: harsh

14. (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"
Synonyms: crude

15. (satellite adjective) violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
Synonyms: boisterous, fierce

16. (satellite adjective) not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough estimate"
Synonyms: approximate, approximative

17. (satellite adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
Synonyms: grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy



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