SOAVES Antonyms

• marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

• exceedingly sudden and unexpected

• dangerously steep

• surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• 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

• brusque and surly and forbidding

• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

• 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

• lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others

• without proper consideration or reflection

• 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

• lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others

• revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

• not refined or processed

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