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- [ruhf]
- /rʌf/
- /rʌf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ruhf]
- /rʌf/
Definitions of rough word
- adjective rough having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road. 1
- adjective rough shaggy or coarse: a dog with a rough coat. 1
- adjective rough (of an uninhabited region or large land area) steep or uneven and covered with high grass, brush, trees, stones, etc.: to hunt over rough country. 1
- adjective rough acting with or characterized by violence: Boxing is a rough sport. 1
- adjective rough characterized by unnecessary violence or infractions of the rules: It was a rough prize fight. 1
- adjective rough violently disturbed or agitated; turbulent, as water or the air: a rough sea. 1
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Origin of rough
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English (adj. and noun); Old English rūh (adj.); cognate with Dutch ruig, German rauh
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Rough
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rough popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rough usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rough
adj rough
- abrasive — Someone who has an abrasive manner is unkind and rude.
- abrupt — An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant.
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- all-powerful — An all-powerful person or organization has the power to do anything they want.
- anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
noun rough
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- apercu — outline
- apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- bruiser — A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
adjective rough
- absonant — inharmonious
- abusive — Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way towards other people.
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- atonal — Atonal music is music that is not written or played in any key or system of scales.
Antonyms for rough
adj rough
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
- adept — Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- agleam — glowing; gleaming
verb rough
- bring forth — to give birth to
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- gamed — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- gaming — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- give odds — to offer a bet with favourable odds
adjective rough
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- coolheaded — not easily flustered; calm
- dovelike — Similar to a dove.
- downy — of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft.
- elegant — Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
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