NUBBY Synonyms

• contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice

• (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces

• (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement

• a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

• merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection

• deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal

• lacking continuity or regularity

• (of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical

• independent in behavior or thought

• having knobs

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• tangled in knots or snarls

• like or containing small sticky lumps

• having lumps; not smooth and even in texture

• having or caused by an irregular surface

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

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

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

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

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• having surface roughness

• not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

• not divisible by two

• (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

• variable and recurring at irregular intervals

• lacking consistency

• a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

• of textiles; having a rough surface

• characteristic of country life

• made of cloth spun or woven in the home

• of textiles; having a rough surface

• of textiles; having a rough surface

• of textiles; having a rough surface

• (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy