Synonyms for in the rough
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ruhf |
| Phonetic Transcription : rÊŒf |
Top 10 synonyms for in the rough Other synonyms for the word in the rough
- cut short
- dabbling
- defective
- deficient
- dilettante
- faulty
- formless
- found wanting
- fragmentary
- green
- half-baked
- half-done
- harsh
- homemade
- homespun
- immature
- imperfect
- impure
- in the making
- in the rough
- inexpert
- lacking
- makeshift
- native
- natural
- not done
- outline
- plain
- prentice
- primitive
- raw
- rough
- rough-hewn
- roughhewn
- rude
- rudimentary
- rustic
- shapeless
- simple
- sketchy
- tentative
- thick
- unaccomplished
- unassembled
- uncompleted
- unconcluded
- under construction
- undone
- unexecuted
- unfashioned
- unfinished
- unformed
- ungraded
- unmatured
- unmilled
- unperfected
- unpolished
- unprepared
- unproficient
- unrefined
- unsorted
- untaught
- untrained
- unworked
- unwrought
- wanting
Définition of in the rough
Origin :- Old English ruh "rough, coarse (of cloth); hairy, shaggy; untrimmed, uncultivated," from West Germanic *rukhwaz "shaggy, hairy, rough" (cf. Middle Dutch ruuch, Dutch ruig, Old High German ruher, German rauh), from Proto-Germanic *rukhaz, from PIE *reue- "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (cf. Sanskrit ruksah "rough;" Latin ruga "wrinkle," ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," ruina "a collapse;" Lithuanian raukas "wrinkle," rukti "to shrink").
- The original -gh- sound was guttural, as in Scottish loch. Sense of "approximate" is first recorded c.1600. Of places, "riotous, disorderly, characterized by violent action," 1863. Rough draft is from 1690s. Rough-and-ready is from 1810, originally military; rough-and-tumble (1810) is from a style of free-fighting.
- As in unfinished : adj not completed
- As in unprocessed : adj crude
- As in crude : adj unrefined, natural
Antonyms for in the rough
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