Rough meanings. All definitions of Rough

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

adjective rough having a violently irregular motion; uncomfortably or dangerously uneven: The plane had a rough flight in the storm. 1

adjective rough stormy or tempestuous, as wind or weather. 1

adjective rough sharp or harsh: a rough temper. 1

adjective rough unmannerly or rude: his rough and churlish manner; They exchanged rough words. 1

adjective rough disorderly or riotous: a rough mob. 1

adjective rough difficult or unpleasant: to have a rough time of it. 1

adjective rough harsh to the ear; grating or jarring, as sounds. 1

adjective rough harsh to the taste; sharp or astringent: a rough wine. 1

adjective rough coarse, as food. 1

adjective rough lacking culture or refinement: a rough, countrified manner. 1

adjective rough without refinements, luxuries, or ordinary comforts or conveniences: rough camping. 1

adjective rough requiring exertion or strength rather than intelligence or skill: rough manual labor. 1

adjective rough not elaborated, perfected, or corrected; unpolished, as language, verse, or style: a rough draft. 1

adjective rough made or done without any attempt at exactness, completeness, or thoroughness; approximate or tentative: a rough guess. 1

adjective rough crude, unwrought, nonprocessed, or unprepared: rough rice. 1

adjective rough Phonetics. uttered with aspiration; having the sound of h; aspirated. 1

noun rough something that is rough, especially rough ground. 1

noun rough Golf. any part of the course bordering the fairway on which the grass, weeds, etc., are not trimmed. 1

noun rough the unpleasant or difficult part of anything. 1

noun rough anything in its crude or preliminary form, as a drawing. 1

noun rough Chiefly British. a rowdy; ruffian. 1

adverb rough in a rough manner; roughly. 1

verb with object rough to make rough; roughen. 1

verb with object rough to give a beating to, manhandle, or subject to physical violence (often followed by up): The mob roughed up the speaker. 1

verb with object rough to subject to some rough, preliminary process of working or preparation (often followed by down, off, or out): to rough off boards. 1

verb with object rough to sketch roughly or in outline (often followed by in or out): to rough out a diagram; to rough in the conversation of a novel. 1

verb with object rough Sports. to subject (a player on the opposing team) to unnecessary physical abuse, as in blocking or tackling: The team was penalized 15 yards for roughing the kicker. 1

verb without object rough to become rough, as a surface. 1

verb without object rough to behave roughly. 1

idioms rough in the rough, in a rough, crude, or unfinished state: The country has an exciting potential, but civilization there is still in the rough. 1

idioms rough rough it, to live without the customary comforts or conveniences; endure rugged conditions: We really roughed it on our fishing trip. 1

adjective rough abrasive 1

adjective rough uneven 1

adjective rough animal coat: shaggy 1

adjective rough violent 1

adjective rough turbulent 1

adjective rough weather: stormy 1

abbreviation ROUGH rude 1

adjective rough disorderly 1

adjective rough food: coarse 1

adjective rough lacking luxuries 1

adjective rough unpolished 1

adjective rough tentative 1

adjective rough bristly 1

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