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roughness


roughness - noun

  • a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
  • the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
  • an unpolished unrefined quality
  • used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
  • rowdy behavior
  • the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
  • harsh or severe speech or behavior

    • roughness - thesaurus

    choppiness   crudeness   disorderliness   harshness   indentation   pitting   raggedness   rowdiness   rowdyism  

    Scrabble score for roughness

    r is 1 o is 1 u is 1 g is 2 h is 4 n is 1 e is 1 s is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 13

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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