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▸ noun: the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
▸ verb: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
▸ adjective: not perfected ("A rough draft")
▸ adjective: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse ("She was a diamond in the rough")
▸ adjective: having or caused by an irregular surface ("Trees with rough bark")
▸ adjective: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
▸ adjective: unpleasantly stern ("The nomad life is rough and hazardous")
▸ adjective: not carefully or expertly made ("Rough carpentry")
▸ adjective: ready and able to resort to force or violence ("They were rough and determined fighting men")
▸ adjective: not shaped by cutting or trimming ("Rough gemstones")
▸ adjective: full of hardship or trials ("They were having a rough time")
▸ adjective: violently agitated and turbulent ("Rough weather")
▸ adjective: not quite exact or correct ("A rough guess")
▸ adjective: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
▸ adverb: with rough motion as over a rough surface ("Ride rough")
▸ adverb: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') ("He was pushed roughly aside")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #22674)
▸ Also see roughs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to rough
▸ Usage examples for rough
▸ Idioms related to rough (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing rough
▸ Popular nouns described by rough
▸ Words that often appear near rough
▸ Rhymes of rough
▸ Invented words related to rough
▸ noun: the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
▸ verb: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
▸ adjective: not perfected ("A rough draft")
▸ adjective: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse ("She was a diamond in the rough")
▸ adjective: having or caused by an irregular surface ("Trees with rough bark")
▸ adjective: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
▸ adjective: unpleasantly stern ("The nomad life is rough and hazardous")
▸ adjective: not carefully or expertly made ("Rough carpentry")
▸ adjective: ready and able to resort to force or violence ("They were rough and determined fighting men")
▸ adjective: not shaped by cutting or trimming ("Rough gemstones")
▸ adjective: full of hardship or trials ("They were having a rough time")
▸ adjective: violently agitated and turbulent ("Rough weather")
▸ adjective: not quite exact or correct ("A rough guess")
▸ adjective: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
▸ adverb: with rough motion as over a rough surface ("Ride rough")
▸ adverb: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') ("He was pushed roughly aside")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #22674)
▸ Also see roughs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to rough
▸ Usage examples for rough
▸ Idioms related to rough (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing rough
▸ Popular nouns described by rough
▸ Words that often appear near rough
▸ Rhymes of rough
▸ Invented words related to rough