ROUGHER - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
unkind or cruel or uncivil
Example: had harsh words; a harsh and unlovable old tyrant; a rough answer
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
unpleasantly stern
Example: wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus; the nomad life is rough and hazardous
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
not perfected
Example: a rough draft; a few rough sketches
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
Example: she was a diamond in the rough; rough manners
Meaning 5
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
not carefully or expertly made
Example: managed to make a crude splint; a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them; rough carpentry
Meaning 6
Part of speech: Adjective
having or caused by an irregular surface
Example: trees with rough bark; rough ground; rough skin; rough blankets; his unsmooth face
Meaning 7
Part of speech: Adjective
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
Example: a rough ride
Meaning 8
Part of speech: Adjective
of the margin of a leaf shape
Example: having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
Meaning 9
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Example: a gravelly voice
Meaning 10
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
violently agitated and turbulent
Example: boisterous winds and waves; the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; rough weather; rough seas
Meaning 11
Part of speech: Adjective
not shaped by cutting or trimming
Example: an uncut diamond; rough gemstones
Meaning 12
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
full of hardship or trials
Example: the rocky road to success; they were having a rough time
Meaning 13
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
ready and able to resort to force or violence
Example: pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; they were rough and determined fighting men
Meaning 14
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
not quite exact or correct
Example: the approximate time was 10 o'clock; a rough guess; a ballpark estimate
Meaning 15
Part of speech: Noun
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Meaning 16
Part of speech: Adverb
with rough motion as over a rough surface
Example: ride rough
Meaning 17
Part of speech: Adverb
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
Example: he was pushed roughly aside; they treated him rough
Meaning 18
Part of speech: Verb
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form