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adjective
1.
having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
2.
shaggy or coarse: a dog with a rough coat.
3.
(of an uninhabited region or large land area) steep or uneven and covered with high grass, brush, trees, stones, etc.: to hunt over rough country.
4.
acting with or characterized by violence: Boxing is a rough sport.
5.
characterized by unnecessary violence or infractions of the rules: It was a rough prize fight.
6.
violently disturbed or agitated; turbulent, as water or the air: a rough sea.
7.
having a violently irregular motion; uncomfortably or dangerously uneven: The plane had a rough flight in the storm.
8.
stormy or tempestuous, as wind or weather.
9.
sharp or harsh: a rough temper.
10.
unmannerly or rude: his rough and churlish manner; They exchanged rough words.
11.
disorderly or riotous: a rough mob.
12.
difficult or unpleasant: to have a rough time of it.
13.
harsh to the ear; grating or jarring, as sounds.
14.
harsh to the taste; sharp or astringent: a rough wine.
15.
coarse, as food.
16.
lacking culture or refinement: a rough, countrified manner.
17.
without refinements, luxuries, or ordinary comforts or conveniences: rough camping.
18.
requiring exertion or strength rather than intelligence or skill: rough manual labor.
19.
not elaborated, perfected, or corrected; unpolished, as language, verse, or style: a rough draft.
20.
made or done without any attempt at exactness, completeness, or thoroughness; approximate or tentative: a rough guess.
21.
crude, unwrought, nonprocessed, or unprepared: rough rice.
22.
noun
23.
something that is rough, especially rough ground.
24.
Golf. any part of the course bordering the fairway on which the grass, weeds, etc., are not trimmed.
25.
the unpleasant or difficult part of anything.
26.
anything in its crude or preliminary form, as a drawing.
27.
Chiefly British. a rowdy; ruffian.
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In the rough
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
adverb
28.
in a rough manner; roughly.
verb (used with object)
29.
to make rough; roughen.
30.
to give a beating to, manhandle, or subject to physical violence (often followed by up ): The mob roughed up the speaker.
31.
to subject to some rough, preliminary process of working or preparation (often followed by down, off, or out ): to rough off boards.
32.
to sketch roughly or in outline (often followed by in or out ): to rough out a diagram; to rough in the conversation of a novel.
33.
Sports. to subject (a player on the opposing team) to unnecessary physical abuse, as in blocking or tackling: The team was penalized 15 yards for roughing the kicker.
verb (used without object)
Idioms 34.
to become rough, as a surface.
35.
to behave roughly.
36.
in the rough, in a rough, crude, or unfinished state: The country has an exciting potential, but civilization there is still in the rough.
37.
rough it, to live without the customary comforts or conveniences; endure rugged conditions: We really roughed it on our fishing trip.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (adj. and noun); Old English rūh (adj.); cognate with Dutch ruig, German rauh
before 1000; Middle English (adj. and noun); Old English rūh (adj.); cognate with Dutch ruig, German rauh
Related forms
rough·ly, adverb
rough·ness, noun
o·ver·rough, adjective
o·ver·rough·ly, adverb
o·ver·rough·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. irregular, jagged, bumpy, craggy. 2. hairy, bristly. 13. noisy, cacophonous, raucous. 16. impolite, uncivil, unpolished, rude.
1. irregular, jagged, bumpy, craggy. 2. hairy, bristly. 13. noisy, cacophonous, raucous. 16. impolite, uncivil, unpolished, rude.
Antonyms
1. smooth, even, regular.
1. smooth, even, regular.
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rough (rʌf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a surface) not smooth; uneven or irregular |
| 2. | (of ground) covered with scrub, boulders, etc |
| 3. | denoting or taking place on uncultivated ground: rough grazing; rough shooting |
| 4. | shaggy or hairy |
| 5. | turbulent; agitated: a rough sea |
| 6. | (of the performance or motion of something) uneven; irregular: a rough engine |
| 7. | (of behaviour or character) rude, coarse, ill mannered, inconsiderate, or violent |
| 8. | harsh or sharp: rough words |
| 9. | informal severe or unpleasant: a rough lesson |
| 10. | (of work, a task, etc) requiring physical rather than mental effort |
| 11. | informal ill or physically upset: he felt rough after an evening of heavy drinking |
| 12. | unfair or unjust: rough luck |
| 13. | harsh or grating to the ear |
| 14. | harsh to the taste |
| 15. | without refinement, luxury, etc |
| 16. | not polished or perfected in any detail; rudimentary; not elaborate: rough workmanship; rough justice |
| 17. | not prepared or dressed: rough gemstones |
| 18. | (of a guess, estimate, etc) approximate |
| 19. | informal (Austral) (of a chance) not good |
| 20. | having the sound of h; aspirated |
| 21. | informal chiefly (Brit) rough on |
| a. severe towards | |
| b. unfortunate for (a person) | |
| 22. | the rough side of one's tongue harsh words; a reprimand, rebuke, or verbal attack |
| —n | |
| 23. | rough ground |
| 24. | a sketch or preliminary piece of artwork |
| 25. | an unfinished or crude state (esp in the phrase in the rough) |
| 26. | golf the rough the part of the course bordering the fairways where the grass is untrimmed |
| 27. | tennis, squash, badminton the side of a racket on which the binding strings form an uneven line |
| 28. | informal a rough or violent person; thug |
| 29. | the unpleasant side of something (esp in the phrase take the rough with the smooth) |
| —adv | |
| 30. | in a rough manner; roughly |
| 31. | sleep rough to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter |
| —vb | |
| 32. | (tr) to make rough; roughen |
| 33. | (tr |
| 34. | informal rough it to live without the usual comforts or conveniences of life |
| [Old English rūh; related to Old Norse ruksa, Middle Dutch rūge, rūwe, German rauh] | |
| 'roughness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rough
O.E. ruh "rough, untrimmed, uncultivated," from W.Gmc. *rukhwaz "shaggy, hairy, rough" (cf. M.Du. ruuch, Du. ruig, O.H.G. ruher, Ger. rauh), from P.Gmc. *rukhaz. The original -gh- sound was guttural, as in Scottish loch. Sense of "approximate" is first recorded 1607. The noun meaning "broken ground"
is from 1480 (phrase in the rough first recorded 1823); specific sense in golf is from 1901. Noun meaning "a rowdy" is first attested 1837. Rough draft is from 1699. Rough-and-ready is from 1810, originally military; rough-and-tumble (1810) is from the prize ring; .
rough
late 15c., from rough (adj.). Phrase rough it (1768) is originally nautical; to rough (someone) up is from 1868. The U.S. football penalty roughing was originally a term from boxing (1866).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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