BESMOOTHING Antonyms

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• 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

• a harsh noise made by scraping

• make or become coarse or coarser

• make less subtle or refined

• To make, or to become harsh; render hard and rough.

• To render peevish, morose, or austere.

• a sharp projection on an edge or surface

• a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing

• a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing

• a bout of drinking or drug taking

• cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

• make rough or rougher