43 Words That Rhyme With ROUGHS

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• any light downy material

• something of little value or significance

• a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• erect or fluff up

• ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

• a state of irritation or annoyance

• inhale recreational drugs

• blow hard and loudly

• a short light gust of air

• a light inflated pastry or puff shell

• exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

• thick cushion used as a seat

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

• gathered for protruding fullness

• smoke and exhale strongly

• suck in or take (air)

• breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

• make proud or conceited

• praise extravagantly

• speak in a blustering or scornful manner

• to swell or cause to enlarge

• blow hard and loudly

• the charred portion of a candlewick

• a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time

• finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose

• sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

• snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

• sniff or smell inquiringly

• inhale (something) through the nose

• shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

• confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

• a hollow filled with mud

• necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

• any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

• a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

• an instance of driving away or warding off

• reject outright and bluntly

• force or drive back

• an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

• as much as necessary

• sufficient for the purpose

• a fight with bare fists

• fighting with the fists

• an ardent follower and admirer

• a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

• bare skin

• a medium to dark tan color

• an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

• of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

• strike, beat repeatedly

• polish and make shiny

• a warm tubular covering for the hands

• (sports) dropping the ball

• fail to catch, as of a ball

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

• miscellaneous unspecified objects

• informal terms for personal possessions

• senseless talk

• unspecified qualities required to do or be something

• information in some unspecified form

• a critically important or characteristic component

• cram into a cavity

• press or force

• obstruct

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

• fill tightly with a material

• fill with a stuffing while cooking

• either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather

• a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

• (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

• a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

• the back side of the neck

• hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash

• an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child

• a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

• A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.

• A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.

• A cliff; a rocky precipice.

• The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.

• A wood; weald.

• Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

• a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland

• Irish word for a lake

• a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron

• brusque and surly and forbidding

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

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a high tight collar

• common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

• (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

• play a trump

• a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

• the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)

• walk without lifting the feet

• get or become scuffed

• mar by scuffing

• poke at with the foot or toe

• leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

• (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt

• (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

• An act of overruffing

• To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick

• a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)

• Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.

• Other species in the same genus.