rough
having or caused by an irregular surface
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,416 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,964 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having or caused by an irregular surface also: unsmooth trees with rough barkrough ground
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse she was a diamond in the roughrough manners
- not quite exact or correct also: approximate, approximative the approximate time was 10 o'clocka rough guess
- full of hardship or trials also: rocky the rocky road to successthey were having a rough time
- violently agitated and turbulent also: boisterous, fierce boisterous winds and wavesthe fierce thunders roar me their music
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound also: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy a gravelly voice
rough in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She was walking fast, staggering over the rough pavement.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Such is the fate of simple bard, On life’s rough ocean luckless starr’d!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Rough hands seized me and angry men bore me away, and I was thankful.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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A man sat in the shadow of a deep leather chair, his rough, unpolished boots stretched toward the flaming logs.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Mrs. Wiggs's hands were rough and knotted, but love taught them to be gentle as she smoothed his hot head.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1