ROUGH Synonyms

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• covered with or full of bumps

• abounding in small stones

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• causing abrasion

• easily irritated or annoyed

• lacking consistency

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions

• lacking a visible order or organization

• completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• of low or inferior quality or value

• composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

• willing to face danger

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

• characterized by violent emotions or behavior

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

• (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

• not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

• not divisible by two

• (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

• variable and recurring at irregular intervals

• lacking consistency

• acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity

• effected by force or injury rather than natural causes

• (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud

• marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

• characterized by violence or bloodshed

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• abounding in rocks or stones

• liable to rock

• full of hardship or trials

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• not quite exact or correct

• very close in resemblance

• located close together

• be close or similar

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• not quite exact or correct