rough

(noun) the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.

(verb) prepare in preliminary or sketchy form. Synonyms: rough in, rough out.

(adj) having or caused by an irregular surface. Synonyms: rough (vs. smooth), unsmooth. Examples: "Trees with rough bark." "Rough ground." "Rough skin." "Rough blankets." "His unsmooth face."

(adj) (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse. Examples: "She was a diamond in the rough." "Rough manners."

(adj) not quite exact or correct. Synonyms: approximate, approximative. Examples: "The approximate time was 10 o'clock." "A rough guess." "A ballpark estimate."

(adj) full of hardship or trials. Synonyms: rocky. Examples: "The rocky road to success." "They were having a rough time."

(adj) violently agitated and turbulent. Synonyms: boisterous, fierce. Examples: "Boisterous winds and waves." "The fierce thunders roar me their music"- ezra pound." "Rough weather." "Rough seas."

(adj) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy. Example: "A gravelly voice."

(adj) ready and able to resort to force or violence. Synonyms: pugnacious. Examples: "Pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- herman melville." "They were rough and determined fighting men."

(adj) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped. Synonyms: rough (vs. smooth).

(adj) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. Synonyms: rough (vs. smooth), rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy. Example: "A rough ride."

(adj) not shaped by cutting or trimming. Synonyms: uncut (vs. cut). Examples: "An uncut diamond." "Rough gemstones."

(adj) not carefully or expertly made. Synonyms: crude. Examples: "Managed to make a crude splint." "A crude cabin of logs with bark still on them." "Rough carpentry."

(adj) not perfected. Examples: "A rough draft." "A few rough sketches."

(adj) unpleasantly stern. Synonyms: harsh. Examples: "Wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus." "The nomad life is rough and hazardous."

(adj) unkind or cruel or uncivil. Synonyms: harsh. Examples: "Had harsh words." "A harsh and unlovable old tyrant." "A rough answer."

(adv) with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'). Synonyms: roughly. Examples: "He was pushed roughly aside." "They treated him rough."

(adv) with rough motion as over a rough surface. Synonyms: roughly. Example: "Ride rough."