Meaning of 'rough'

adverb

with rough motion as over a rough surface

Example: "ride rough"

Synonyms: roughly

adverb

with roughness or violence - informal variant for 'roughly'

Example: "I was pushed roughly aside."

Synonyms: roughly

adjective

ready and able to resort to force or violence

Synonyms: pugnacious

adjective

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Synonyms: grating gravelly rasping raspy scratchy

adjective

violently agitated and turbulent

Synonyms: boisterous fierce

adjective

not shaped by cutting or trimming

Synonyms: uncut

adjective

full of hardship or trials

Synonyms: rocky

adjective

not quite exact or correct

Synonyms: approximate approximative

adjective

unkind or cruel or uncivil

Synonyms: harsh

adjective

unpleasantly stern

Synonyms: harsh

adjective

not perfected

Example: "a rough draft"

adjective

lacking refinement or finesse, of persons or behavior

Example: "The rough child didn't know how to use cutlery properly."

adjective

not carefully or expertly made

Synonyms: crude

adjective

having or caused by an irregular surface

Example: "trees with rough bark"

Synonyms: unsmooth

adjective

causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

Example: "a rough ride"

Synonyms: rocky

adjective

of the margin of a leaf shape

Synonyms: smooth

noun

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

verb

prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

Synonyms: rough in rough out