rough

Definition for rough

adjective as in uneven, irregular

Strongest matches

bumpy, choppy, coarse, fuzzy, harsh, rocky, rugged

Strong matches

bearded, broken, chapped, disheveled, jagged, ridged, ruffled, sharp, tangled, tousled, wrinkled

Weak matches

asperous, brambly, bristly, bushy, cragged, craggy, cross-grained, hairy, knobby, knotty, nodular, not smooth, scabrous, scraggy, shaggy, stony, tufted, unequal, unfinished, unlevel, unshaven, unshorn, woolly, wrinkly

adjective as in stormy; not quiet

Strongest matches

choppy, coarse, dry, harsh, rugged, turbulent

Strong matches

agitated, blustering, buffeting, grating, husky, jarring, raging, rasping, wild

Weak matches

blustery, boisterous, cacophonous, discordant, furious, gruff, hoarse, inclement, inharmonious, raucous, squally, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultuous, unmusical

adjective as in rude, impolite

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coarse, cruel, hard, harsh, nasty, raw, tough, unpleasant, unpolished, violent

Strong matches

bluff, blunt, brief, crude, extreme, gross, mean, rowdy, sharp, short

Weak matches

bearish, boisterous, boorish, brusque, churlish, crass, crusty, curt, discourteous, drastic, hairy, ill-mannered, improper, inconsiderate, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, loud, loutish, severe, unceremonious, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeeling, ungracious, unjust, unmannerly, unrefined, untutored, vulgar

adjective as in basic, incomplete

Strongest matches

hard, raw, sketchy, unpolished

Strong matches

crude, imperfect, spartan, uncut, undressed

Weak matches

austere, cursory, formless, rough-and-ready, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, uncompleted, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unprocessed, unrefined, unwrought

adjective as in approximate

Strongest matches

foggy, hazy, sketchy, uncertain

Strong matches

estimated, general

Weak matches

amorphous, imprecise, inexact, proximate, rude, unprecise, vague

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He turned to the group during a rough period after his wife died.

From Los Angeles Times

The terrain was so rough in one part of the Mazar valley that one helicopter failed to land after three attempts, one Taliban source said.

From BBC

The Parkhead club once had a bit of a Midas Touch when it came to finding rough diamonds, polishing them up and then selling them on.

From BBC

That's how David describes his experience of roughing it on a remote tropical beach.

From BBC

In fact, the duty to house asylum seekers so they don't sleep rough is a piece of British law, passed by MPs in 1999.

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