| 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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