rough
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1. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | land site, site, |
| definition | : | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | golf course, links course, |
| definition | : | course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf (noun.artifact) |
2. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form (verb.creation)
| hypernym | : | prepare, |
| definition | : | to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery (verb.creation) |
3. ready and able to resort to force or violence (adj.all)
| similar | : | aggressive, |
| definition | : | having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends (adj.all) |
4. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (adj.all)
5. violently agitated and turbulent (adj.all)
| similar | : | stormy, |
| definition | : | (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion (adj.all) |
6. not shaped by cutting or trimming (adj.all)
| similar | : | unsheared, |
| definition | : | (used especially of fur or wool) not having been sheared (adj.all) |
7. full of hardship or trials (adj.all)
| similar | : | difficult, hard, |
| definition | : | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adj.all) |
8. not quite exact or correct (adj.all)
| similar | : | inexact, |
| definition | : | not exact (adj.all) |
9. unkind or cruel or uncivil (adj.all)
| similar | : | unkind, |
| definition | : | lacking kindness (adj.all) |
10. unpleasantly stern (adj.all)
| similar | : | unpleasant, |
| definition | : | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings (adj.all) |
11. not perfected (adj.all)
| similar | : | unpolished, |
| definition | : | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing (adj.all) |
12. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse (adj.all)
| similar | : | unrefined, |
| definition | : | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth (adj.all) |
13. not carefully or expertly made (adj.all)
| similar | : | unskilled, |
| definition | : | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency (adj.all) |
14. having or caused by an irregular surface (adj.all)
| similar | : | alligatored, cracked, |
| definition | : | of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide (adj.all) |
| similar | : | barky, |
| definition | : | resembling the rough bark of a tree (adj.all) |
| similar | : | broken, rugged, |
| definition | : | topographically very uneven (adj.all) |
| similar | : | bullate, |
| definition | : | of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered (adj.all) |
| similar | : | bumpy, |
| definition | : | covered with or full of bumps (adj.all) |
| similar | : | corded, twilled, |
| definition | : | of textiles; having parallel raised lines (adj.all) |
| similar | : | costate, ribbed, |
| definition | : | (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture (adj.all) |
| similar | : | crushed, |
| definition | : | treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance (adj.all) |
| similar | : | imbricate, imbricated, |
| definition | : | used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles (adj.all) |
| similar | : | squamulose, |
| definition | : | covered with tiny scales (adj.all) |
| similar | : | lined, seamed, |
| definition | : | (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams (adj.all) |
| similar | : | rock-ribbed, rockbound, |
| definition | : | abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps (adj.all) |
| similar | : | roughish, |
| definition | : | somewhat rough (adj.all) |
| similar | : | rugose, |
| definition | : | of leaves; ridged or wrinkled (adj.all) |
| similar | : | sandpapery, |
| definition | : | having the abrasive texture of sandpaper (adj.all) |
| similar | : | saw-like, |
| definition | : | having rough edges that can be used for sawing (adj.all) |
| similar | : | scabby, |
| definition | : | covered with scabs (adj.all) |
| similar | : | shagged, shaggy, |
| definition | : | having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags (adj.all) |
| similar | : | verrucose, wartlike, warty, |
| definition | : | (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts (adj.all) |
| also | : | uneven, |
| definition | : | not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture (adj.all) |
| also | : | unpolished, |
| definition | : | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing (adj.all) |
| also | : | irregular, |
| definition | : | contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice (adj.all) |
| also | : | coarse, harsh, |
| definition | : | of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles (adj.all) |
| also | : | nonslippery, |
| definition | : | not slippery; not likely to slip or skid (adj.all) |
15. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped (adj.all)
| similar | : | bidentate, |
| definition | : | having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed (adj.all) |
| similar | : | biserrate, |
| definition | : | having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched (adj.all) |
| similar | : | ciliate, ciliated, |
| definition | : | having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections (adj.all) |
| similar | : | crispate, |
| definition | : | wavy or notched and curled very irregularly (adj.all) |
| similar | : | dentate, |
| definition | : | having toothlike projections in the margin (adj.all) |
| similar | : | denticulate, |
| definition | : | having a very finely toothed margin (adj.all) |
| similar | : | emarginate, |
| definition | : | having a notched tip (adj.all) |
| similar | : | fimbriate, |
| definition | : | having a fringe of slender processes (adj.all) |
| similar | : | fringed, laciniate, |
| definition | : | having edges irregularly and finely slashed (adj.all) |
| similar | : | lacerate, lacerated, |
| definition | : | irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn (adj.all) |
| similar | : | pectinate, |
| definition | : | like a comb (adj.all) |
| similar | : | rimose, |
| definition | : | having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices (adj.all) |
| similar | : | runcinate, |
| definition | : | having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves (adj.all) |
| similar | : | serrulate, |
| definition | : | minutely serrated (adj.all) |
| similar | : | spinose, |
| definition | : | having spines (adj.all) |
| also | : | simple, unsubdivided, |
| definition | : | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions (adj.all) |
| also | : | compound, |
| definition | : | composed of more than one part (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | botany, phytology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition) |
16. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') (adv.all)
| domain usage | : | colloquialism, |
| definition | : | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication) |
17. ready and able to resort to force or violence (adj.all)
18. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (adj.all)
| derivation | : | harshness, roughness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | rasp, rasping, |
| definition | : | uttering in an irritated tone (noun.communication) |
19. violently agitated and turbulent (adj.all)
| derivation | : | boisterousness, |
| definition | : | a turbulent and stormy state of the sea (noun.state) |
20. not shaped by cutting or trimming (adj.all)
| antonym | : | cut, |
| definition | : | fashioned or shaped by cutting (adj.all) |
21. not quite exact or correct (adj.all)
22. unkind or cruel or uncivil (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cruelness, cruelty, harshness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance (noun.attribute) |
23. unpleasantly stern (adj.all)
| derivation | : | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, |
| definition | : | excessive sternness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | crudeness, roughness, |
| definition | : | an unpolished unrefined quality (noun.attribute) |
24. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse (adj.all)
25. not carefully or expertly made (adj.all)
| derivation | : | crudeness, roughness, |
| definition | : | an unpolished unrefined quality (noun.attribute) |
26. having or caused by an irregular surface (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | raggedness, roughness, |
| definition | : | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven (noun.attribute) |
27. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | careen, rock, sway, tilt, |
| definition | : | pitching dangerously to one side (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | jump, start, startle, |
| definition | : | a sudden involuntary movement (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | blow, bump, |
| definition | : | an impact (as from a collision) (noun.event) |
28. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | raggedness, roughness, |
| definition | : | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven (noun.attribute) |
29. with rough motion as over a rough surface (adv.all)
| pertainym | : | rough, unsmooth, |
| definition | : | having or caused by an irregular surface (adj.all) |
30. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') (adv.all)
| pertainym | : | pugnacious, rough, |
| definition | : | ready and able to resort to force or violence (adj.all) |
31. ready and able to resort to force or violence (adj.all)
32. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (adj.all)
| derivation | : | harshness, roughness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | rasp, rasping, |
| definition | : | uttering in an irritated tone (noun.communication) |
33. violently agitated and turbulent (adj.all)
| derivation | : | boisterousness, |
| definition | : | a turbulent and stormy state of the sea (noun.state) |
34. not shaped by cutting or trimming (adj.all)
| antonym | : | cut, |
| definition | : | fashioned or shaped by cutting (adj.all) |
35. not quite exact or correct (adj.all)
36. unkind or cruel or uncivil (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cruelness, cruelty, harshness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance (noun.attribute) |
37. unpleasantly stern (adj.all)
| derivation | : | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, |
| definition | : | excessive sternness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | crudeness, roughness, |
| definition | : | an unpolished unrefined quality (noun.attribute) |
38. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse (adj.all)
39. not carefully or expertly made (adj.all)
| derivation | : | crudeness, roughness, |
| definition | : | an unpolished unrefined quality (noun.attribute) |
40. having or caused by an irregular surface (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | raggedness, roughness, |
| definition | : | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven (noun.attribute) |
41. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | careen, rock, sway, tilt, |
| definition | : | pitching dangerously to one side (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | jump, start, startle, |
| definition | : | a sudden involuntary movement (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | blow, bump, |
| definition | : | an impact (as from a collision) (noun.event) |
42. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | raggedness, roughness, |
| definition | : | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven (noun.attribute) |
43. with rough motion as over a rough surface (adv.all)
| pertainym | : | rough, unsmooth, |
| definition | : | having or caused by an irregular surface (adj.all) |
44. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') (adv.all)
| pertainym | : | pugnacious, rough, |
| definition | : | ready and able to resort to force or violence (adj.all) |
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