rough
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
• Hypernyms:
site, land site
• Part Holonyms:
golf course, links course
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
rough in, rough out
• Hypernyms:
prepare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. having or caused by an irregular surface (Freq. 13)
- trees with rough bark
- rough ground
- rough skin
- rough blankets
- his unsmooth face
• Syn:
unsmooth
• Ant:
smooth
• Similar to:
abrasive, scratchy, alligatored, cracked, barky,
broken, rugged, bullate, bumpy, chapped, roughened,
corded, twilled, costate, ribbed, cragged, craggy,
hilly, mountainous, crushed, homespun, nubby, nubbly,
slubbed, tweedy, imbricate, imbricated, lepidote, leprose,
scabrous, scaly, scurfy, squamulose, lined, seamed,
pocked, pockmarked, potholed, rock-ribbed, rockbound, rocky,
bouldery, bouldered, stony, gravelly, pebbly, shingly,
roughish, rugose, sandpapery, saw-like, scabby, shagged,
shagged, textured, rough-textured, coarse-textured, verrucose,
warty, wartlike
• See Also:
coarse, harsh, irregular, nonslippery, uneven,
unironed, wrinkled, unpolished
• Derivationally related forms:
roughness
2. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse (Freq. 2)
- she was a diamond in the rough
- rough manners
• Similar to:
unrefined
• Derivationally related forms:
roughness
3. not quite exact or correct (Freq. 2)
- the approximate time was 10 o'clock
- a rough guess
- a ballpark estimate
• Syn:
approximate, approximative
• Similar to:
inexact
• Derivationally related forms:
approximate (for: approximative)
4. violently agitated and turbulent (Freq. 1)
- boisterous winds and waves
- "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound
- rough weather
- rough seas
• Syn:
boisterous, fierce
• Similar to:
stormy
• Derivationally related forms:
roughness, fierceness (for: fierce), boisterousness (for: boisterous)
5. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (Freq. 1)
- a gravelly voice
• Syn:
grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy
• Similar to:
cacophonous, cacophonic
• Derivationally related forms:
scratch (for: scratchy), roughness, rasp (for: raspy)
6. full of hardship or trials (Freq. 1)
- the rocky road to success
- they were having a rough time
• Syn:
rocky
• Similar to:
difficult, hard
7. ready and able to resort to force or violence (Freq. 1)
- "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville
- they were rough and determined fighting men
• Syn:
pugnacious
• Similar to:
aggressive
• Derivationally related forms:
roughness, pugnacity (for: pugnacious)
8. of the margin of a leaf shape;
having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
• Ant:
smooth
• Similar to:
bidentate, biserrate, ciliate, ciliated, crenate,
crenated, scalloped, crenulate, crenulated, crispate, dentate,
denticulate, emarginate, erose, jagged, jaggy, notched,
toothed, fimbriate, fringed, laciniate, lacerate, lacerated,
pectinate, rimose, runcinate, serrate, serrated, saw-toothed,
serrulate, spinose
• See Also:
simple, unsubdivided, compound
• Derivationally related forms:
roughness
• Topics:
botany, phytology
9. not carefully or expertly made
- managed to make a crude splint
- a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
- rough carpentry
• Syn:
crude
• Similar to:
unskilled
• Derivationally related forms:
roughness, crudeness (for: crude)
10. unpleasantly stern
- wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
- the nomad life is rough and hazardous
• Syn:
harsh
• Similar to:
unpleasant
• Derivationally related forms:
roughness, harshness (for: harsh)
11. unkind or cruel or uncivil
- had harsh words
- a harsh and unlovable old tyrant
- a rough answer
• Syn:
harsh
• Similar to:
unkind
• Derivationally related forms:
harshness (for: harsh)
12. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- a rough ride
• Syn:
rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
• Ant:
smooth
• Derivationally related forms:
jump (for: jumpy), jolt (for: jolty), bump (for: bumpy), rock (for: rocky)
13. not shaped by cutting or trimming
- an uncut diamond
- rough gemstones
• Syn:
uncut
• Ant:
cut (for: uncut)
• Similar to:
unsheared
14. not perfected
- a rough draft
- a few rough sketches
• Similar to:
unpolished
1. with roughness or violence ('rough' is an informal variant for 'roughly') (Freq. 1)
- he was pushed roughly aside
- they treated him rough
• Syn:
roughly
• Derived from adjective:
rough (for: roughly)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
2. with rough motion as over a rough surface
- ride rough
• Syn:
roughly
• Derived from adjective:
rough (for: roughly)
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