roughish

rough·ish

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ruhf-ish]
- /ˈrʌf ɪʃ/
- /ˈrʌ.fɪʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ruhf-ish]
- /ˈrʌf ɪʃ/

Definitions of roughish word

adjective roughish rather rough: a roughish sea. 1
adjective roughish somewhat rough 0

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Origin of roughish

First appearance:

before 1755

One of the 47% newest English words

First recorded in 1755-65; rough + -ish1

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Parts of speech for Roughish

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Roughish

roughish popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

roughish usage trend in Literature

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