| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | rough | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Definition: | Having a surface that is not smooth. | |
| Synonyms: | coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rugged, scabrous, uneven | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | rough | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Definition: | Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms. | |
| Synonyms: | dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | rough | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Definition: | Marked by vigorous physical exertion. | |
| Synonyms: | knockabout, rough-and-tumble, rugged, strenuous, tough | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | rough | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Definition: | Not perfected, elaborated, or completed. | |
| Synonyms: | preliminary, sketchy, tentative, unfinished, unperfected, unpolished | |
| Synonym Collection v1.1 | ||
| Main Entry: | rough | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Synonyms: | abrasive, abrupt, approximate, asperate, asperous, austere, basic, bluff, blunt, boisterous, boorish, bristly, broken, brusque, bumpy, burly, choppy, churlish, coarse, cragged, craggy, crude, crusty, cursory, curt, difficult, discordant, discourteous, disheveled, drastic, erose, grating, gruff, hairy, hard, harsh, hazy, hispid, hispidulous, hoarse, imperfect, inclement, incomplete, inexact, inharmonious, inurbane, jagged, keyed, lumpy, manhandle, outline, rasping, raspy, raucous, robustious, rocky, rowdy, rude, ruffled, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, severe, shaggy, sketchy, stern, stormy, superficial, tartarly, tempestuous, tough, tumultuous, turbulent, uncivil, uncourtly, uncouth, uncut, uneven, unkempt, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, violent, vulgar, wild | |
| Synonym Collection v1.1 | ||
| Main Entry: | rough | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | asperity, bully, burr, harshness, hispidity, inclemency, roughness, rowdy, ruffian, scabrousness, snag, texture | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | batter | |
| Part of Speech: | phrasal verb | |
| Definition: | To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear. | |
| Synonyms: | knock about, mangle, maul | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | bitter | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Definition: | Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort. | |
| Synonyms: | brutal, hard, harsh, severe | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | burdensome | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Definition: | Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength. | |
| Synonyms: | arduous, backbreaking, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | ||
| Main Entry: | coarse | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Definition: | Consisting of or covered with large particles. | |
| Synonyms: | grainy, granular, gritty | |
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