What does rough mean?
Definitions for rough
rʌfrough
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rough.
Princeton's WordNet
roughadjective
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
rough, unsmoothadjective
having or caused by an irregular surface
"trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
roughadjective
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
"she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
approximate, approximative, roughadjective
not quite exact or correct
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
rocky, roughadjective
full of hardship or trials
"the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
boisterous, fierce, roughadjective
violently agitated and turbulent
"boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchyadjective
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
"a gravelly voice"
pugnacious, roughadjective
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"
roughadjective
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpyadjective
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
"a rough ride"
uncut, roughadjective
not shaped by cutting or trimming
"an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
crude, roughadjective
not carefully or expertly made
"managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
roughadjective
not perfected
"a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
harsh, roughadjective
unpleasantly stern
"wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
harsh, roughverb
unkind or cruel or uncivil
"had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"
rough in, rough, rough outadverb
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
roughly, roughadverb
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
"he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
roughly, roughadverb
with rough motion as over a rough surface
"ride rough"
Wiktionary
roughnoun
The unmowed part of a golf course.
roughnoun
A crude person.
roughnoun
A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
roughnoun
The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
roughnoun
A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.
roughverb
To create in an approximate form.
Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
roughverb
To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific.
The gangsters roughed him up a little.
roughverb
To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
roughadjective
Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
roughadjective
Approximate.
A rough estimate.
roughadjective
Turbulent.
The sea was rough.
roughadjective
Difficult; trying.
Being a teenager these days can be rough.
roughadjective
Crude; unrefined
His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.
roughadjective
Violent; not careful or subtle
This box has been through some rough handling.
Etymology: From ruh, cognate with West Frisian rûch, Low German rug.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wikipedia
Rough
Rough (Hangul: 시간을 달려서; RR: sigan-eul dallyeoseo) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group GFriend for their third extended play, Snowflake (2016). The song was released by Source Music on January 25, 2016, as the EP title track. The song topped the Gaon Digital Chart and was the most download song in 2016 with 1,903,126 downloads sold.
ChatGPT
rough
Rough generally refers to a surface or texture that is not smooth or even, often due to uneven or coarse features. It can also describe an approximate or crude matter, something that is difficult or challenging, or describe behavior that is rude, harsh or unkind. The term tends to describe lack of refinement or sophistication in various contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Roughnoun
having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth
Roughnoun
not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road
Roughnoun
not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond
Roughnoun
tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water
Roughnoun
marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat
Roughnoun
hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish
Roughnoun
not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper
Roughnoun
marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions
Roughnoun
loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers
Roughnoun
austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine
Roughnoun
tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day
Roughnoun
hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught
Roughnoun
produced offhand
Roughnoun
boisterous weather
Roughnoun
a rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy
Roughadverb
in a rough manner; rudely; roughly
Roughverb
to render rough; to roughen
Roughverb
to break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes
Roughverb
to cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch
Etymology: [OE. rou, rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. rh; akin to LG. rug, D. rug, D. ruig, ruw, OHG. rh, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. 18. Cf. Rug, n.]
Wikidata
Rough
Rough is a romantic comedy swimming manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho. The story is about high school student Keisuke Yamato, a 100 m freestyle swimmer, and Ami Ninomiya, the diver he falls in love with. Their families own rival confectionery stores, and Ami hates Keisuke's family because she believes her grandfather was driven to an early death because of the Yamato "horned owl" manju, which outsold her family's owl manju because it had ears, making it larger.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rough
ruf, adj. not smooth: uneven: uncut: unpolished: unfinished: boisterous: tempestuous: violent: harsh: severe: rude: coarse: disordered in appearance: hasty, as a rough guess: stale: astringent: in Greek grammar, marking the stronger aspiration, equivalent to Eng. h.—n. rough condition, crudeness: a piece inserted in a horse's shoe to keep him from slipping: a bully, a ruffian, a rowdy.—v.t. to make rough: to roughen a horse's shoes to keep him from slipping: to shape roughly: to roughen.—v.i. to break the rules in boxing by too great violence.—n. Rough′age, coarse material for bedding cattle, &c.—adj. Rough′-billed, having a rough, horny excrescence on the beak.—v.t. Rough′-cast, to mould in a rough, unfinished way: to form anything in its first rudiments.—n. a rude model: a form in its rudiments: a kind of semi-fluid mortar containing fine gravel, thrown in a thin coating on outer walls.—vs.t. Rough′-cull, to cull oysters hastily; Rough′-draft, -draw, to trace roughly; Rough′-dry, to dry without smoothing.—adj. dry without having been smoothed.—v.t. Rough′en, to make rough.—v.i. to become rough.—n. Rough′er, a workman who shapes something preparatory to a finishing operation: a piece of woollen cloth in preparation for fulling.—adjs. Rough′-foot′ed, having feathered feet, as a grouse; Rough′-grained, coarse-grained.—v.t. Rough′-grind, to grind roughly.—n. Rough′-head, the iguanoid lizard.—v.t. Rough′-hew, to hew coarsely: (Shak.) to give to anything the first appearance of form.—n. Rough′-hew′er.—p.adj. Rough′-hewn, not yet nicely finished: unpolished: unrefined.—ns. Rough′-hound, the dogfish: a kind of shark; Rough′ie (Scot.), dried heath; Rough′ing-mill, a metal disc charged with wet emery, &c., for grinding gems.—adjs. Rough′ish, rather rough; Rough′-legged, having legs covered with feathers.—adv. Rough′ly, coarsely: harshly: rudely.—ns. Rough′ness, crudeness: rawness: harshness: asperity: physical or mental rudeness: (U.S.) fodder consisting of dried corn-stalks: (Scot.) plenty, esp. of food.—adj. Rough′-per′fect, of an actor when nearly perfect in the memorising of a part.—ns. Rough′-rid′er, one who rides rough or untrained horses: a horse-breaker; Rough′-scuff, a coarse fellow: the rabble.—adj. Rough′-shod, shod with roughened shoes, as a horse in frosty weather.—n. Rough′-slant, a shed partially enclosed, for shelter.—adj. Rough′-spun, rude, homely.—ns. Rough′-string, one of the supports for the steps of a wooden stairway; Rough′-stuff, coarse paint laid on after the priming, and before the finish; Rough′-tail, a shield-tail snake.—adj. Rough′-tailed.—n. Rough′-wing, a British moth: a rough-winged swallow.—adj. Rough′-winged.—v.t. Rough′-work, to work over hastily without attention to execution in detail—also n.—Rough and ready, rough in manner but prompt in action; Rough and tumble, said of fighting in any style or by any means: indiscriminate, confused, not too particular about decorum, fairness, &c.; Rough diamond (see Diamond); Rough it, to take what comes.—Cut up rough, to become quarrelsome or violent; In the rough, in an unwrought or rude condition; Ride rough-shod (see Ride). [A.S. rúh, rough; Ger. rauch, rauh, Dut. ruig.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
ROUGH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rough is ranked #31516 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Rough surname appeared 734 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rough.
89.9% or 660 total occurrences were White.
3.9% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
2% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
1% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
0.9% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rough' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3126
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rough' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2032
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rough' in Adjectives Frequency: #390
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rough in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rough in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of rough in a Sentence
Sometimes when a team has a really rough schedule and they win their conference championships and you see it on TV, they cut the nets down, joe Biden is not cutting any nets down. Joe Biden knows this is the beginning of a very difficult race.
You have to take the rough with the smooth, of course, there will be concerns and disruptions.
It was really rough out. The waves were so tall it was hard to see where they were. The waves just kept coming up and down.
It’s rough, I have my moments you know. It’s like a wave of emotions, i can’t explain it, I could walk through flames right now, there’s nothing I can’t do.
He's got a rough row to hoe and he's got a lot more worries down the road than just getting his crop in so we were all just real glad to do it. And I was glad to be a part of it.
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- خشنArabic
- tosc, difícil, aproximat, rude, quasi, aspreCatalan, Valencian
- neomalený, surový, bouřlivý, hrubý, nepříjemný, raf (vyšší tráva kolem fairwaye)Czech
- ruDanish
- rau, grob, RoughGerman
- τραχύςGreek
- malglataEsperanto
- rudo, difícil, tosco, turbulento, casi, aproximado, aproximativo, ásperoSpanish
- kare, ligilähedaneEstonian
- زبر, زمخت, خشنPersian
- kova, karkea, luonnostella, murjoa, aallokkoinen, rosoinen, väkivaltainen, hahmotella, kuoppainen, pahoinpidellä, väkivaltaisuus, karhea, karheikko, raffiFinnish
- approximatif, rugueux, ébaucher, brutaliser, difficile, brut, rude, malmener, brutalFrench
- rûchWestern Frisian
- garbh, eascaoinIrish
- असभ्यHindi
- műveletlen, kemény, durva, nehéz, faragatlan, zord, hozzávetőleges, érdes, nyers, egyenetlenHungarian
- կոպիտArmenian
- kasarIndonesian
- asperaIdo
- difficile, approssimato, rugoso, rude, mosso, scabro, ruvidoItalian
- מְחוּספָּסHebrew
- 粗野, でこぼこJapanese
- ಒರಟುKannada
- 거친Korean
- دڕKurdish
- asper, rudisLatin
- šiurkštusLithuanian
- ass, raupjš, rupjš, negludsLatvian
- kōkau, tuarangarangaMāori
- ကြမ်းBurmese
- ruig, ruwDutch
- ujevnNorwegian
- surowyPolish
- ásperoPortuguese
- dur, aspruRomanian
- тяжёлый, грубый, трудный, жёсткий, шероховатый, суровый, черновой, приблизительный, бурный, примерныйRussian
- ojämnSwedish
- கரடுமுரடானTamil
- గరుకు, సుమారు, కష్టమైన, ఉరామరికTelugu
- ขรุขระThai
- kabaTurkish
- грубийUkrainian
- کسی نہ کسی طرحUrdu
- thôVietnamese
- פּראָסטYiddish
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