roughness

noun

1. 1

   harsh or severe speech or behavior

   men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity

   the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet

2. 2

   an unpolished unrefined quality

   the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her

3. 3

   a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

4. 4

   the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses

5. 5

   the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

6. 6

   rowdy behavior

7. 7

   used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather