ROUGHHEWS Synonyms

• having a broad or rounded end

• used of a knife or other blade; not sharp

• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• make less intense

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• make less sharp

• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• of low or inferior quality or value

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• not perfect; defective or inadequate

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

• being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn

• worn out from stress or strain

• having an irregular outline

• not treated with heat to prepare it for eating

• informal terms for nakedness

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• having the surface exposed and painful

• not processed or refined

• devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure

• brutally unfair or harsh

• not processed or subjected to analysis

• untempered and unrefined

• hurting

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• used of wood and furniture

• lacking training or experience

• (used informally) completely unclothed

• being or involving basic facts or principles

• being in the earliest stages of development

• not fully developed in mature animals

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• 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

• not brought to the desired final state

• not brought to an end or conclusion

• lacking a surface finish such as paint

• not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing

• lacking social polish

• not refined or processed

• (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth