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rough

rough - noun

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

rough - verb

prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

rough - adjective

having or caused by an irregular surface
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
not quite exact or correct
full of hardship or trials
violently agitated and turbulent
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
ready and able to resort to force or violence
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
not shaped by cutting or trimming
not carefully or expertly made
not perfected
unpleasantly stern
unkind or cruel or uncivil

rough - adverb

with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
with rough motion as over a rough surface

rough - thesaurus

approximate approximative boisterous bumpy crude fierce grating gravelly harsh jolting jolty jumpy pugnacious rasping raspy rocky roughly scratchy uncut unsmooth

View spelling list ough words - set 1 and learn about the word rough in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 17. ough and augh words.

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Scrabble score for rough

Scrabble score = 9

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