Overview of noun rough

The noun rough has 1 sense

• rough -- (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short)

Overview of verb rough

The verb rough has 1 sense

• rough in, rough, rough out -- (prepare in preliminary or sketchy form)

Overview of adj rough

The adj rough has 14 senses

• rough, unsmooth -- (having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face")


• rough -- ((of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners")


• approximate, approximative, rough -- (not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate")


• rocky, rough -- (full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time")


• boisterous, fierce, rough -- (violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas")


• grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy -- (unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice")


• pugnacious, rough -- (ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men")


• rough -- (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)


• rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy -- (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride")


• uncut, rough -- (not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones")


• crude, rough -- (not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry")


• rough -- (not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches")


• harsh, rough -- (unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous")


• harsh, rough -- (unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer")

Overview of adv rough

The adv rough has 2 senses

• roughly, rough -- (with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough")


• roughly, rough -- (with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough")