rough

having or caused by an irregular surface

• “trees with rough bark”
• “rough ground”
• “a rough ride”
• “rough skin”
• “rough blankets”
• “his unsmooth face”
• “unsmooth writing”

(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• “she was a diamond in the rough”
• “rough manners”

not quite exact or correct

• “the approximate time was 10 o”
• “;”
• “;”

full of hardship or trials

• “the rocky road to success”
• “they were having a rough time”

violently agitated and turbulent

• “boisterous winds and waves”
• “the fierce thunders roar me their music” Ezra Pound
• “rough weather”
• “rough seas”

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• “a gravelly voice”

ready and able to resort to force or violence

• “pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance” Herman Melville
• “they were rough and determined fighting men”

of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

not shaped by cutting or trimming

• “an uncut diamond”
• “rough gemstones”

not carefully or expertly made

• “managed to make a crude splint”
• “a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”
• “rough carpentry”

not perfected

• “a rough draft”
• “a few rough sketches”

unpleasantly stern

• “wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”
• “the nomad life is rough and hazardous”

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

• “he was pushed roughly aside”
• “they treated him rough”

with rough motion as over a rough surface

• “ride rough”

prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short