ROUGH, adjective [Latin raucus. Eng. rye, that is rough Latin ruga, a wrinkle. Gr. to snore. Latin ruga, a wrinkle, a ridge. See Ridge. The primary sense is to stretch or strain; but applied to roughness or wrinkling, it is to draw or contract, a straining together.] 1. Having inequalities, small ridges or points on the surface; not smooth or plane; as a rough board, a rough stone; rough cloth. 2. Stony; abounding with stones and stumps; as rough land; or simply with stones; as a rough road. 3. Not wrought or polished; as a rough diamond. 4. Thrown into huge waves; violently agitated; as a rough sea. 5. Tempestuous; stormy; boisterous; as rough weather. 6. Austere to the taste; harsh; as rough wine. 7. Harsh to the ear; grating; jarring; unharmonious; as rough sounds; rough numbers. 8. Rugged of temper; severe; austere; rude; not mild or courteous. A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough 9. Coarse in manners; rude. A surly boatman, rough as seas and wind. 10. Harsh; violent; not easy; as a rough remedy. 11. Hard featured; not delicate; as a rough visage. 12. Harsh; severe; uncivil; as rough usage. 13. Terrible; dreadful. On the rough edge of battle, ere it join'd, Satan advanc'd. 14. Rugged; disordered in appearance; coarse. ROUGH from the tossing surge Ulysses moves. 15. Hairy; shaggy; covered with hairs, bristles and the like.
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