SILKIER Antonyms

• 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 refined or processed

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

• of or relating to wire

• lean and sinewy

• of hair that resembles wire in stiffness

• 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

• 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

• Characterized by scratches.

• (chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.

• (of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.

• (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• an ordinary man

• the dead body of a human being

• to a great degree

• in a stiff manner

• not moving or operating freely

• strong, vigorous

• rigidly formal

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• very drunk