(adj): causing abrasion
(adj): of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
(adj): resembling the rough bark of a tree
(adj): topographically very uneven
(adj): of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered
(adj): covered with or full of bumps
(adj): used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
(adj): of textiles; having parallel raised lines
(adj): (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
(adj): having hills and crags
(adj): treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
(adj): predicate), nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy -- (of textiles; having a rough surface
(adj): used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
(adj): rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
(adj): covered with tiny scales
(adj): (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams
(adj): used of paved surfaces having holes or pits
(adj): abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps
(adj): abounding in rocks or stones
(adj): abounding in small stones
(adj): somewhat rough
(adj): of leaves; ridged or wrinkled
(adj): having the abrasive texture of sandpaper
(adj): having rough edges that can be used for sawing
(adj): covered with scabs
(adj): having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
(adj): having surface roughness
(adj): (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
(adj): (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
(adj): vs. refined) -- ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
(adj): not quite exact or correct
(adj): vs. exact) -- (not exact
(adj): full of hardship or trials
(adj): vs. easy), hard -- (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
(adj): violently agitated and turbulent
(adj): vs. calm) -- ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
(adj): unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
(adj): vs. euphonious), cacophonic -- (having an unpleasant sound
(adj): ready and able to resort to force or violence
(adj): vs. unaggressive) -- (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
(adj): vs. smooth) -- (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
(adj): having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed
(adj): having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched
(adj): having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
(adj): having a margin with rounded scallops
(adj): having a margin with small rounded teeth
(adj): wavy or notched and curled very irregularly
(adj): having toothlike projections in the margin
(adj): having a very finely toothed margin
(adj): having a notched tip
(adj): having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
(adj): having a fringe of slender processes
(adj): having edges irregularly and finely slashed
(adj): irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
(adj): like a comb
(adj): having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
(adj): having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves
(adj): notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
(adj): minutely serrated
(adj): having spines
(adj): vs. smooth), rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy -- (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
(adj): vs. cut), rough -- (not shaped by cutting or trimming
(adj): (used especially of fur or wool) not having been sheared
(adj): not carefully or expertly made
(adj): vs. skilled) -- (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
(adj): not perfected
(adj): vs. polished) -- (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing
(adj): unpleasantly stern
(adj): vs. pleasant) -- (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
(adj): unkind or cruel or uncivil
(adj): vs. kind) -- (lacking kindness
(adv): with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
(adv): with rough motion as over a rough surface
(v): prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
(v): to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
(n): the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
(n): the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
Yeah, it's tough.
Enough! Don't even bring bough into it.
That's English fer ya. ;-)
How can a word so similar to dough, though etc. be pronounced the way it is pronounced?
"A burly rough pursues with booted strides. He stumbles on the steps, recovers, plunges into gloom. "
Joyce, Ulysses, 15