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Learn to pronounce rough

/rəf/
adjective
  1. having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.
    "they had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground"
    synonyms: uneven, irregular, bumpy, stony, rocky, broken, rugged, jaggy, craggy, rutted, pitted, rutty, coarse, bristly, scratchy, prickly, shaggy, hairy, hirsute, bushy, fuzzy, gnarled, knotty, lumpy, knobbly, nodular, nodulous, nodose, dry, leathery, weather-beaten, chapped, chafed, calloused, scaly, scabrous, furfuraceous
  2. (of a person or their behavior) not gentle; violent or boisterous.
    "strollers should be capable of withstanding rough treatment"
    synonyms: violent, brutal, vicious, aggressive, belligerent, pugnacious, thuggish, boisterous, rowdy, disorderly, unruly, unrestrained, wild, riotous, undisciplined, unmanageable, ugly, radge, careless, clumsy, inept, unskillful, boorish, loutish, oafish, brutish, coarse, crude, uncouth, rough-hewn, roughcast, vulgar, unrefined, unladylike, ungentlemanly, uncultured, ill-bred, ill-mannered, unmannerly, impolite, churlish, discourteous, uncivil, ungracious, rude, brusque, blunt, curt, harsh, hard, tough, stern, sharp, abrasive, severe, unfair, unjust, unrelenting, unfeeling, insensitive, nasty, cruel, unkind, unsympathetic, inconsiderate, heartless, savage, merciless, extreme
  3. not finished tidily or decoratively; plain and basic.
    "the customers sat at rough wooden tables"
    synonyms: plain, basic, simple, rough and ready, rustic, rude, crude, primitive, spartan, uncomfortable
  4. (of a voice) harsh and rasping.
    "his voice was rough with barely suppressed fury"
    synonyms: gruff, hoarse, harsh, rasping, raspy, husky, throaty, gravelly, guttural, raucous, discordant, cacophonous, grating, jarring, strident, dissonant, unmusical, inharmonious, unmelodious
  5. difficult and unpleasant or unfair.
    "the teachers gave me a rough time because my image didn't fit"
    synonyms: difficult, hard, tough, bad, unpleasant, demanding, arduous

adverb
in a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.
"treat ’em rough but treat ’em fair"

noun
  1. a disreputable and violent person.
    "the rear of the column was attacked by roughs"
    synonyms: ruffian, thug, lout, hooligan, hoodlum, rowdy, bully boy, brawler, larrikin, tough, roughneck, bruiser, gorilla, yahoo, yob, yobbo, bovver boy, lager lout, chav, radge, keelie, ned, roughie
  2. (on a golf course) longer grass around the fairway and the green.
    "his second shot was in the rough on the left"
  3. a preliminary sketch for a design.
    "I did a rough to work out the scale of the lettering"
    synonyms: preliminary sketch, draft, outline, mock-up, model, artist's impression
  4. an uncut precious stone.
    "miners discovered one of the biggest diamond roughs in history"

verb
  1. work or shape (something) in a rough, preliminary fashion.
    "the piece of glass is now roughed into a circular form"
  2. make uneven.
    "the water was roughed by the wind"
    synonyms: roughen, make rough
  3. live in discomfort with only basic necessities.
    "she had had to rough it alone in a dive"

6 days ago · rough, harsh, uneven, rugged, scabrous mean not smooth or even. rough implies points, bristles, ridges, or projections on the surface.
7 days ago · not even or smooth, often because of being in bad condition: It was a rough mountain road, full of stones and huge holes.
7 days ago · ROUGH definition: 1. A rough surface is not smooth: 2. approximate: 3. If the sea or weather is rough, there is a…. Learn more.
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7 days ago · 1. in a rough manner: such as a : with harshness or violence treated the prisoner roughly b : in crude fashion : imperfectly roughly dressed lumber.
Sep 25, 2024 · (informal) to live in a way that is not very comfortable for a short time. We can sleep on the beach. I don't mind roughing it for a night or two.
5 days ago · rough (British English) to live or sleep outdoors, usually because you have no home and no money related noun rough sleeper, rough sleeping
Sep 30, 2024 · This paper introduced a new definition of rough fuzzy sets based on a fuzzy ideal l defined on a fuzzy approximation space (X, R).
2 days ago · 1. a preliminary work in preparation for a sketch, report, piece of work, etc 2. work requiring physical rather than mental effort.
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