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roughness
noun
harsh or severe speech or behavior
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- R
- Ends with
- S
- Contains
- OUGHNES
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
harsh or severe speech or behavior
“men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity”
noun
an unpolished unrefined quality
“the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her”
noun
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
noun
the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
noun
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
noun
rowdy behavior
noun
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
In context
Example Sentences
men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity
the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet
the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
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