ROUGHING Synonyms

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• abounding in rocks or stones

• liable to rock

• full of hardship or trials

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

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

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• not quite exact or correct

• very close in resemblance

• located close together

• be close or similar

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• not quite exact or correct

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

• violently agitated and turbulent

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• covered with or full of bumps

• not refined or processed

• a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

• not carefully or expertly made

• conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• not processed or subjected to analysis

• marked by extreme and violent energy

• marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

• ruthless in competition

• violently agitated and turbulent

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• abounding in small stones

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• being in a tense state

• tough and callous by virtue of experience

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• uttering in an irritated tone

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• causing abrasion

• easily irritated or annoyed

• lacking consistency

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• not trimmed

• (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge

• not cut

• not injured by cutting

• complete

• having or caused by an irregular surface