Rough - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |rʌf|  American pronunciation of the word rough
Brit.  |rʌf|  British pronunciation of the word rough

noun

- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

verb

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

adjective

- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
she was a diamond in the rough
rough manners
- not quite exact or correct (syn: approximate)
a rough guess
- full of hardship or trials (syn: rocky)
they were having a rough time
- violently agitated and turbulent (syn: boisterous, fierce)
rough weather
rough seas
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, scratchy)
- ready and able to resort to force or violence (syn: pugnacious)
they were rough and determined fighting men
- not carefully or expertly made (syn: crude)
rough carpentry
- not perfected
a rough draft
a few rough sketches
- unpleasantly stern (syn: harsh)
the nomad life is rough and hazardous
- unkind or cruel or uncivil (syn: harsh)
a rough answer

adverb

- with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') (syn: roughly)
he was pushed roughly aside
they treated him rough
- with rough motion as over a rough surface (syn: roughly)
ride rough

Extra examples

He trimmed the rough edge of the paper.

We traveled over rough dirt roads.

They hiked through rough terrain.

We were a bit shaken from the plane's rough landing.

He went through a rough patch after his divorce.

They've hit a few rough spots in their marriage.

Despite a rough start, the team won more games this season than last.

The engine is running a little rough.

Life has been treating her pretty rough.

He plays rough with the dog.

He hit his drive into the rough.

He showed me a few roughs of the new building.

He was called for roughing the kicker.

He is rough to deal with.

I've roughed in the general shape of the pattern in pencil.

Phrasal verbs

rough in  — prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough out  — prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough up  — treat violently

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: rough
he/she/it: roughs
present participle: roughing
past tense: roughed
past participle: roughed
noun
singular: rough
plural: roughs
adjective
comparative: rougher
superlative: roughest
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