rough

9 points English 5 letters Very common Commonness #1,898 Valid in: US and UK dictionaries

Definitions

adjective

having or caused by an irregular surface

verb

prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

adverb

with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Pronunciation

/ɹˈʌf/ · 1 syllable · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)

Word forms

plural roughs

Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.

Synonyms

ready and able to resort to force or violence

pugnacious aggressive

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

grating gravelly rasping raspy scratchy cacophonous cacophonic

violently agitated and turbulent

boisterous fierce stormy

not shaped by cutting or trimming

uncut

full of hardship or trials

rocky difficult hard

Synonyms grouped by meaning — WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

Antonyms

cut smooth

Antonyms — WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

Rhymes

enough stuff tough bluff puff cuff buff snuff huff duff fluff ruff muff gruff tuff scuff

More rhymes → · rhymes from CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)

Crossword clues

“Album by Turner” wd-fact-v3
“Album released in 1978” wd-fact-v3
“having or caused by an irregular surface” wn-def
“prepare in preliminary or sketchy form” wn-def

Anagrams

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Words you can make from ROUGH

go oh or our uh hour ugh ho rough hug rug hog

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