2. (adj)rough, unsmooth having or caused by an irregularsurface "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
3. (adj)rough (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
4. (adj)approximate, approximative, rough not quite exact or correct
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
5. (adj)rocky, rough full of hardship or trials
"the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
6. (adj)boisterous, fierce, rough violently agitated and turbulent
"boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
7. (adj)grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound "a gravelly voice"
8. (adj)pugnacious, rough ready and able to resort to force or violence "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
9. (adj)rough of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
10. (adj)rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
"a rough ride"
11. (adj)uncut, rough not shaped by cutting or trimming "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
12. (adj)crude, rough not carefully or expertly made
"managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
13. (adj)rough not perfected
"a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
14. (adj)harsh, rough unpleasantly stern "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
15. (adj)harsh, rough unkind or cruel or uncivil
"had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"
16. (verb)rough in, rough, rough out prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
17. (adverb)roughly, rough with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
"he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
Definition of 'rough'
