Rough meaning

the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

having or caused by an irregular surface

“trees with rough bark”

“rough ground”

(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

“she was a diamond in the rough”

“rough manners”

not quite exact or correct

“the approximate time was 10 o'clock”

“a rough guess”

full of hardship or trials

“the rocky road to success”

“they were having a rough time”

violently agitated and turbulent

“boisterous winds and waves”

“the fierce thunders roar me their music”

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

“a gravelly voice”

ready and able to resort to force or violence

“pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance”

“they were rough and determined fighting men”

of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

“a rough ride”

not shaped by cutting or trimming

“an uncut diamond”

“rough gemstones”

not carefully or expertly made

“managed to make a crude splint”

“a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”

not perfected

“a rough draft”

“a few rough sketches”

unpleasantly stern

“wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”

“the nomad life is rough and hazardous”

unkind or cruel or uncivil

“had harsh words”

“a harsh and unlovable old tyrant”

with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

“he was pushed roughly aside”

“they treated him rough”

with rough motion as over a rough surface

“ride rough”