NOUN | attribute | roughness, raggedness | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven |
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attribute | roughness, harshness | the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses | |
attribute | roughness, crudeness | an unpolished unrefined quality | |
state | roughness, choppiness, rough water | used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | |
state | roughness, rowdiness, rowdyism, disorderliness | rowdy behavior | |
process | roughness, pitting, indentation | the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | |
act | roughness | harsh or severe speech / speech or behavior |
Sounds | rah'fnahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven. | |
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Synonym | raggedness | |
Narrower | bumpiness | The texture of a surface that has many bumps |
coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness | Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) | |
coarseness, graininess, granularity | The quality of being composed of relatively large particles | |
harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness | The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | |
prickliness, bristliness, spininess, thorniness | The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines | |
scaliness | The property of being scaly | |
shagginess | roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs | |
slub, knot, burl | Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn | |
Broader | texture | The feel of a surface or a fabric |
Opposite | smoothness | A texture without roughness |
Spanish | rugosidad | |
Adjectives | rough | having or caused by an irregular surface |
rough | of the margin of a leaf shape |
Meaning | The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses. | |
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Synonym | harshness | |
Narrower | gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness | A throaty harshness |
Broader | unpleasantness | The quality of giving displeasure |
Spanish | aspereza, bronquedad, dureza | |
Adjectives | rough | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound |
Meaning | An unpolished unrefined quality. | |
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Synonym | crudeness | |
Broader | inelegance | The quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
Spanish | crudeza, rudeza | |
Catalan | aspror, rudesa | |
Adjectives | rough | unpleasantly stern |
rough | not carefully or expertly made |
Meaning | Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather. | |
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Synonyms | choppiness, rough water | |
Broader | storminess | The state of being stormy |
Adjectives | rough | violently agitated and turbulent |
Meaning | rowdy behavior. | |
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Synonyms | rowdiness, rowdyism, disorderliness | |
Broader | disorder | A disturbance of the peace or of public order |
Spanish | escándalo, jolgorio | |
Catalan | escàndol, tabola | |
Adjectives | rough | ready and able to resort to force or violence |
rough | (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse |
Meaning | The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion. | |
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Synonyms | pitting, indentation | |
Broader | corrosion, corroding, erosion | erosion by chemical action |
Meaning | harsh or severe speech / speech or behavior. | |
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Broader | intensification | action / action that makes something stronger or more extreme / extreme |
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