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 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
    • (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
    • 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.


    View spelling list Short /u/ spelled ou and learn about the word rough in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 6. Short vowels e.g. e or ea? o or u? .

    Other Spellzone word lists: Engineering (aviation) Set 3

    Scrabble score for rough

    r is 1 o is 1 u is 1 g is 2 h is 4
    Scrabble score = 9

    generated at 20:45:58 on 30-11-23

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