Roughness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The property of being rough, coarseness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being rough.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or property of being rough, in any sense of that word; physical, mental, or moral want of smoothness or equability; asperity, coarseness, harshness, rudeness, etc.
  • n. Fodder for animals, consisting of dried cornstalks cut into short pieces.
  • n. Synonyms See rough.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
  • n. harsh or severe speech or behavior
  • n. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
  • n. the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
  • n. rowdy behavior
  • n. used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
  • n. an unpolished unrefined quality
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    rough   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unevenness    horror    harshness    asperity    crudeness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    toughness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    harshness    rudeness    hardness    frankness    coarseness