Rough
Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.
Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.
Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.
Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.
Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.
Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.
Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.
Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
Produced offhand.
Boisterous weather.
A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
To render rough; to roughen.
To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.
To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.
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Rough Quotations
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell
I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.
Eminem
Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.
George Eliot
Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.
Henri Frederic Amiel
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
George Orwell
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.
Larry David
Rough Translations
rough in Afrikaans is rou
rough in Danish is ru
rough in Dutch is onbewerkt, bot, onbehouwen, grof, cru
rough in Finnish is raaka
rough in Italian is scabro, rozzo, ineguale, valutato, zotico
rough in Latin is durus, rudis, scaber, asper, incomptus
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