roughish
Variant of rough
adjective
- not smooth or level; having bumps, projections, etc.; uneven: a rough surface
- not easily traveled over or through because rocky, overgrown, wild, etc.: rough country
- shaggy or bristly: an animal with a rough coat
- characterized by violent action, motion, agitation, disturbance, or irregularity; specif.,
- stormy; tempestuous: rough weather
- boisterous or disorderly: rough play
- harsh, rude, brutal, etc.; not gentle or mild: a rough temper
- sounding harsh; discordant; jarring
- tasting harsh or astringent: rough wine
- coarse, as texture, cloth, food, etc.
- coarse in manner, tastes, etc.; lacking refinement or culture: rough men, rough language
- lacking refinements, comforts, and conveniences: the rough life of a pioneer
- not refined, polished, or prepared; natural, crude, etc.: a rough diamond
- not finished, elaborated, perfected, etc.: a rough sketch
- not worked out in detail; without claim to be exact or complete; approximate: a rough estimate
- requiring muscular energy rather than skill or intelligence: rough labor
- Informal difficult, severe, or disagreeable: a rough time
- Phonet. articulated with an aspirate; having the sound (h)
noun
- rough ground
- rough material or condition
- the rough part, aspect, etc. of something
- ☆ a rough sketch or draft
- Chiefly Brit. a rough person; rowdy; tough
- Golf any part of the course where grass, weeds, etc. are allowed to grow, uncut, forming a hazard or obstacle
adverb
- in a rough manner; roughly
- Brit. without shelter; outdoors: to sleep rough
transitive verb
- to make rough; roughen: often with up
- to handle or treat roughly or brutally: usually with up
- Football, etc. to subject (an opponent) to intentional and unnecessary roughness
- to make, fashion, sketch, shape, or cut roughly: usually with in or out: to rough out a scheme
- to apply some preparatory or preliminary process or treatment to
intransitive verb
- Rare to become rough
- to behave roughly: a penalty for roughing
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