SMOOTHING Antonyms

11 antonyms for smoothing. (opposite meanings)


	Word	Save	Syns..	Usage	Type
	coarsening				verb, noun v, n
verb • make or become coarse or coarser • make less subtle or refined
	crumpling				verb v
verb • fall apart • fold or collapse • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds • become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
	disheveling				verb v
verb • To throw into disorder; upheave. • To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.). • To spread out in disorder.
	jumbling				verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj
noun • a confused multitude of things • small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie • a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas verb • be all mixed up or jumbled together • assemble without order or sense • bring into random order
	roughening				verb v
verb • make rough or rougher
	ruffling				verb v
noun • a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim • a high tight collar • a noisy fight verb • stir up (water) so as to form ripples • trouble or vex • to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others • discompose • twitch or flutter • mix so as to make a random order or arrangement • erect or fluff up • disturb the smoothness of • pleat or gather into a ruffle
	rumpling				verb v
verb • disturb the smoothness of • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds • become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
	tangling				verb, adjective v, adj
noun • a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven • something jumbled or confused verb • force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action • tangle or complicate • disarrange or rumple; dishevel • twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
	wrinkling				verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj
noun • a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface • a minor difficulty • a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) verb • gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker • make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic • make wrinkled or creased • become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
	rough				verb, adjective v, adj
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 noun • the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short adverb • with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') • with rough motion as over a rough surface adjective satellite • (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 verb • prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
	roughen				verb v
verb • make rough or rougher