Synonyms for rough
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ruhf |
| Phonetic Transcription : rÊŒf |
Top 10 synonyms for rough Other synonyms for the word rough
- agitated
- amorphous
- asperous
- austere
- bearded
- bearish
- bluff
- blunt
- blustering
- blustery
- boisterous
- boorish
- brambly
- brief
- bristly
- broken
- brusque
- buffeting
- bushy
- cacophonous
- chapped
- churlish
- cragged
- craggy
- crass
- cross-grained
- crude
- crusty
- cursory
- curt
- discordant
- discourteous
- disheveled
- drastic
- estimated
- extreme
- formless
- furious
- general
- grating
- gross
- gruff
- hairy
- hoarse
- husky
- ill-mannered
- imperfect
- imprecise
- improper
- inclement
- inconsiderate
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inelegant
- inexact
- inharmonious
- jagged
- jarring
- knobby
- knotty
- loud
- loutish
- mean
- nappy
- nasty
- nodular
- not smooth
- proximate
- raging
- rasping
- raucous
- raw
- ridged
- rocky
- rough-and-ready
- roughhewn
- rowdy
- rude
- rudimentary
- ruffled
- rugged
- scabrous
- scraggy
- severe
- shaggy
- shapeless
- sharp
- short
- sketchy
- spartan
- squally
- stony
- stridulent
- tangled
- tempestuous
- tough
- tousled
- tufted
- tumultous/tumultuous
- turbulent
- unceremonious
- uncertain
- uncivil
- uncompleted
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- uncut
- undressed
- unequal
- unfashioned
- unfeeling
- unfinished
- unformed
- ungracious
- unhewn
- unjust
- unlevel
- unmannerly
- unmusical
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unprecise
- unprocessed
- unrefined
- unshaven
- unshorn
- untutored
- unwrought
- vague
- violent
- vulgar
- wild
- woolly
- wrinkled
- wrinkly
Définition of 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.
- adj uneven, irregular
- adj stormy; not quiet
- adj rude, impolite
- adj basic, incomplete
- adj approximate
- Bates was a stout sailor, rough in appearance, but with a warm and kindly heart.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The Mann Ranges are very high and rough, and are composed of reddish granite.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- There is crime to be conquered, the rough crime of the streets.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- War is a rough teacher, but it is evidently the only one for the Continent.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- He had become short, I do not say rough in his speech to his wife.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- S'pose the bulls get tired of you putting it over on 'em and try some rough work?
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The shop was built of rough boards, and the inside was blackened with soot.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- But how's Alan goin' to turn the trick in a big field of rough ridin' b'ys?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- His voice seemed to him rough and brutal, but he did not mean it so.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- He had been sea-sick, but she had seemed unaware of the fact that she was afloat on a rough sea.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
Antonyms for rough
- accurate
- agreeable
- calm
- certain
- clean
- clear
- complete
- courteous
- definite
- delicate
- easy
- even
- facile
- flat
- gentle
- good
- great
- kind
- lengthy
- level
- long
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- moral
- neat
- nice
- ordered
- peaceful
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polished
- polite
- precise
- refined
- regular
- smooth
- soft
- sophisticated
- sure
- sympathetic
- temperate
- unwrinkled
- wonderful
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