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rough
ready and able to resort to force or violence
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adjective
ready and able to resort to force or violence
“{'source': 'Herman Melville', 'text': 'pugnacious spirits … lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance'}”
adjective
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
“a gravelly voice”
adjective
violently agitated and turbulent
“boisterous winds and waves”
adjective
not shaped by cutting or trimming
“an uncut diamond”
adjective
full of hardship or trials
“the rocky road to success”
adjective
not quite exact or correct
“the approximate time was 10 o'clock”
adjective
unkind or cruel or uncivil
“had harsh words”
adjective
unpleasantly stern
“wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”
adjective
not perfected
“a rough draft”
adjective
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
“she was a diamond in the rough”
adjective
not carefully or expertly made
“managed to make a crude splint”
adjective
having or caused by an irregular surface
“trees with rough bark”
adjective
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
“a rough ride”
adjective
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
adverb
with rough motion as over a rough surface
“ride rough”
adverb
with roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal variant for ‘roughly’)
“he was pushed roughly aside”
noun
the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
verb
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
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{'source': 'Herman Melville', 'text': 'pugnacious spirits … lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance'}
they were rough and determined fighting men
a gravelly voice
boisterous winds and waves
{'source': 'Ezra Pound', 'text': 'the fierce thunders roar me their music'}
rough weather
rough seas
an uncut diamond
rough gemstones
the rocky road to success
they were having a rough time
the approximate time was 10 o'clock
a rough guess
a rough estimate
had harsh words
a harsh and unlovable old tyrant
a rough answer
wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus
the nomad life is rough and hazardous
a rough draft
a few rough sketches
she was a diamond in the rough
rough manners
managed to make a crude splint
a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
rough carpentry
trees with rough bark
rough ground
rough skin
rough blankets
his unsmooth face
a rough ride
ride rough
he was pushed roughly aside
they treated him rough
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