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noun
The property of being rough, coarseness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Something that is rough; a rough spot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Roughage; coarse fodder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Abundance, especially of food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable
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noun
A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
harsh or severe speech or behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: intensification
noun
an unpolished unrefined quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: crudeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelegance
noun
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: raggedness
Antonyms: smoothness
Broader terms: texture
Narrower terms: scaliness, coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness, slub, knot, burl, harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness, graininess, granularity, shagginess, bumpiness, prickliness, bristliness, spininess, thorniness
noun
the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: harshness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unpleasantness
Narrower terms: gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness
noun
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pitting, indentation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: corrosion, corroding, erosion
noun
rowdy behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rowdiness, rowdyism, disorderliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disorder
noun
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: choppiness, rough water
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: storminess
History
Inherited from Middle English roughnes /roughnesse. By surface analysis, rough + -ness. Compare Old English hrēohnes (“roughness”).
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
