rough

adjective

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

    a gravelly voice

  3. 3

    violently agitated and turbulent

    boisterous winds and waves

    the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound

  4. 4

    not shaped by cutting or trimming

    an uncut diamond

    rough gemstones

  5. 5

    full of hardship or trials

    the rocky road to success

    they were having a rough time

  6. 6

    not quite exact or correct

    the approximate time was 10 o'clock

    a rough guess

  7. 7

    unkind or cruel or uncivil

    had harsh words

    a harsh and unlovable old tyrant

  8. 8

    unpleasantly stern

    wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus

    the nomad life is rough and hazardous

  9. 9

    not perfected

    a rough draft

    a few rough sketches

  10. 10

    (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

    she was a diamond in the rough

    rough manners

noun

  1. 1

    the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

verb

  1. 1

    prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

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