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rough, adj.
freq. cnt. 21
more info having or caused by an irregular surface
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13

rough unsmooth

sample sentences

"trees with rough bark"
"rough ground"
"rough skin"
"rough blankets"
"his unsmooth face"
lexical pointers
antonym
smooth
derivationally related form
roughness
semantic pointers
also see
coarse, harsh irregular nonslippery uneven unironed, wrinkled unpolished
similar to
scratchy, abrasive alligatored, cracked barky broken, rugged bullate bumpy cracked, chapped, roughened corded, twilled costate, ribbed mountainous, craggy, cragged, hilly crushed tweedy, homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed imbricate, imbricated lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy squamulose lined, seamed pocked, pockmarked, potholed rock-ribbed, rockbound rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony gravelly, pebbly, shingly roughish rugose sandpapery saw-like scabby shagged, shaggy textured, rough-textured, coarse-textured verrucose, warty, wartlike
more info not quite exact or correct
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

approximate approximative rough

sample sentences

"the approximate time was 10 o'clock"
"a rough guess"
"a ballpark estimate"
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derivationally related form
approximate approximate
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similar to
inexact
more info (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

rough

sample sentences

"she was a diamond in the rough"
"rough manners"
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derivationally related form
roughness
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similar to
unrefined
more info ready and able to resort to force or violence
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

pugnacious rough

sample sentences

"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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derivationally related form
roughness
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derivationally related form
pugnacity
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similar to
aggressive
more info unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

grating gravelly rasping raspy rough scratchy

sample sentences

"a gravelly voice"
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derivationally related form
roughness
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derivationally related form
rasp
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derivationally related form
scratch
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similar to
cacophonous, cacophonic
more info violently agitated and turbulent
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

boisterous fierce rough

sample sentences

"boisterous winds and waves"
"the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound
"rough weather"
"rough seas"
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derivationally related form
roughness
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derivationally related form
boisterousness
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derivationally related form
fierceness
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similar to
stormy
more info full of hardship or trials
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rocky rough

sample sentences

"the rocky road to success"
"they were having a rough time"
semantic pointers
similar to
difficult, hard
more info not shaped by cutting or trimming
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rough uncut

sample sentences

"an uncut diamond"
"rough gemstones"
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antonym
cut
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similar to
unsheared
more info unkind or cruel or uncivil
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harsh rough

sample sentences

"had harsh words"
"a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"
"a rough answer"
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derivationally related form
harshness
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similar to
unkind
more info unpleasantly stern
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

harsh rough

sample sentences

"wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"
"the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
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derivationally related form
harshness
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derivationally related form
roughness
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similar to
unpleasant
more info not perfected
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rough

sample sentences

"a rough draft"
"a few rough sketches"
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similar to
unpolished
more info not carefully or expertly made
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

crude rough

sample sentences

"managed to make a crude splint"
"a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"
"rough carpentry"
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derivationally related form
crudeness
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derivationally related form
roughness
semantic pointers
similar to
unskilled
more info causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
<adj.all>

bumpy jolting jolty jumpy rocky rough

sample sentences

"a rough ride"
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antonym
smooth
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derivationally related form
rock
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derivationally related form
bump
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jolt
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derivationally related form
jump
more info of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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rough
lexical pointers
antonym
smooth
derivationally related form
roughness
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simple, unsubdivided compound
domain of synset (topic)
botany, phytology
similar to
bidentate biserrate ciliate, ciliated scalloped, crenate, crenated crenulate, crenulated crispate dentate denticulate emarginate erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed fimbriate fringed, laciniate lacerate, lacerated pectinate rimose runcinate serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched serrulate spinose