Meaning & Definition of Rough in English

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

1. Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

1. Having or caused by an irregular surface

• "Trees with rough bark"

• "Rough ground"

• "Rough skin"

• "Rough blankets"

• "His unsmooth face"

2. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• "She was a diamond in the rough"

• "Rough manners"

3. Not quite exact or correct

• "The approximate time was 10 o'clock"

• "A rough guess"

• "A ballpark estimate"

4. Full of hardship or trials

• "The rocky road to success"

• "They were having a rough time"

5. Violently agitated and turbulent

• "Boisterous winds and waves"

• "The fierce thunders roar me their music"- ezra pound

• "Rough weather"

• "Rough seas"

6. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• "A gravelly voice"

7. Ready and able to resort to force or violence

• "Pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- herman melville

• "They were rough and determined fighting men"

8. Of the margin of a leaf shape

• Having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

9. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• "A rough ride"

10. Not shaped by cutting or trimming

• "An uncut diamond"

• "Rough gemstones"

11. Not carefully or expertly made

• "Managed to make a crude splint"

• "A crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"

• "Rough carpentry"

12. Not perfected

• "A rough draft"

• "A few rough sketches"

13. Unpleasantly stern

• "Wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"

• "The nomad life is rough and hazardous"

14. Unkind or cruel or uncivil

• "Had harsh words"

• "A harsh and unlovable old tyrant"

• "A rough answer"

1. With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• "He was pushed roughly aside"

• "They treated him rough"

2. With rough motion as over a rough surface

• "Ride rough"