rough
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
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Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
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Sense 3 adjective
having or caused by an irregular surface
trees with rough bark
Related & opposite
- uneven
- unironed
- unpolished
- irregular
- coarse
- nonslippery
- smooth
- roughness
- abrasive
- alligatored
- barky
- rugged
- bullate
- bumpy
- cracked
- corded
- costate
- mountainous
- crushed
- tweedy
- imbricate
- scaly
- squamulose
- lined
- pocked
- rock-ribbed
- rocky
- gravelly
- roughish
- rugose
- sandpapery
- saw-like
- scabby
- shagged
- textured
- verrucose
Sense 4 adverb
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
he was pushed roughly aside
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Sense 5 adjective
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
she was a diamond in the rough
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Sense 6 adverb
with rough motion as over a rough surface
ride rough
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Sense 7 adjective
not quite exact or correct
the approximate time was 10 o'clock
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Sense 8 adjective
full of hardship or trials
the rocky road to success
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Sense 9 adjective
violently agitated and turbulent
boisterous winds and waves
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Sense 10 adjective
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
a gravelly voice
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Sense 11 adjective
ready and able to resort to force or violence
pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance
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Sense 12 adjective
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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Sense 13 adjective
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
a rough ride
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Sense 14 adjective
not shaped by cutting or trimming
an uncut diamond
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Sense 15 adjective
not carefully or expertly made
managed to make a crude splint
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Sense 16 adjective
not perfected
a rough draft
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Sense 17 adjective
unpleasantly stern
wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
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Sense 18 adjective
unkind or cruel or uncivil
had harsh words
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | golf course |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | site |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | prepare |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | uneven |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unironed |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unpolished |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | irregular |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | coarse |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | nonslippery |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | smooth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | abrasive |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | alligatored |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | barky |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rugged |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bullate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bumpy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | cracked |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | corded |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | costate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | mountainous |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | crushed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tweedy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | imbricate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | scaly |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | squamulose |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | lined |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | pocked |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rock-ribbed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rocky |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | gravelly |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | roughish |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rugose |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sandpapery |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | saw-like |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | scabby |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | shagged |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | textured |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | verrucose |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | pugnacious |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rowdiness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | unrefined |
| 6 | derived from | Related & opposite | rough |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | approximate |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | inexact |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | difficult |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | ferocity |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | boisterousness |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | choppiness |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | stormy |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | rasp |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrape |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | cacophonous |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | pugnacity |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | rowdiness |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | aggressive |
| 12 | also see | Related & opposite | unsubdivided |
| 12 | also see | Related & opposite | compound |
| 12 | antonym | Related & opposite | smooth |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 12 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | bidentate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | biserrate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | ciliated |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | crenate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | crenulate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | crispate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | dentate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | denticulate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | emarginate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | jaggy |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | fimbriate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | laciniate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | lacerate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | pectinate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | rimose |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | runcinate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | serrate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | serrulate |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | spinose |
| 13 | antonym | Related & opposite | smooth |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | jerking |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | startle |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | blow |
| 14 | antonym | Related & opposite | cut |
| 14 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsheared |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 15 | similar to | Related & opposite | unskilled |
| 16 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpolished |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigorousness |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 17 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpleasant |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | cruelness |
| 18 | similar to | Related & opposite | unkind |