Synonyms for Rough (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed):
jagged, jagged
WordNet sense 2 (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements):
jumpy, jolting, jolty
WordNet sense 3 (having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags):
shaggy
WordNet sense 4 (somewhat rough):
roughish
WordNet sense 5 (abounding in rocks or stones):
rocky, stony, bouldered, bouldery
WordNet sense 6 (rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf):
scabrous
WordNet sense 7 (covered with or full of bumps):
bumpy
WordNet sense 8 (topographically very uneven):
broken, rugged, rugged
WordNet sense 9 (causing abrasion):
abrasive, scratchy
WordNet sense 10 (having or caused by an irregular surface):
unsmooth
WordNet sense 11 (not carefully or expertly made):
crude
WordNet sense 12 ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth):
unrefined
WordNet sense 13 (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing):
unpolished
WordNet sense 14 (unpleasantly stern):
harsh
WordNet sense 15 (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ):
unpleasant
WordNet sense 16 (prepare in preliminary or sketchy form):
rough in, rough out
WordNet sense 17 (lacking kindness):
unkind
WordNet sense 18 (not quite exact or correct):
approximate, approximative, approximate
WordNet sense 19 (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure):
difficult, hard
WordNet sense 20 (not shaped by cutting or trimming):
uncut
WordNet sense 21 (with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')):
roughly
WordNet sense 22 (violently agitated and turbulent):
boisterous, fierce
WordNet sense 23 ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion):
stormy
WordNet sense 24 (unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound):
grating, gravel, gravelly, raspy, rasping
WordNet sense 25 (having an unpleasant sound):
cacophonous, cacophonic
WordNet sense 26 (ready and able to resort to force or violence):
pugnacious
WordNet sense 27 (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends):
aggressive
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