Definition of roughs

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• roughs is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• roughs is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• roughs is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of roughs

• unpleasantly stern (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the nomad life is rough and hazardous

  Synonyms

  1. harsh
• violently agitated and turbulent (adjective)

  Examples

  1. rough weather
  2. rough seas

  Synonyms

  1. boisterous
  2. fierce
• ready and able to resort to force or violence (adjective)

  Examples

  1. they were rough and determined fighting men

  Synonyms

  1. pugnacious
• not shaped by cutting or trimming (adjective)

  Examples

  1. rough gemstones

  Synonyms

  1. uncut
• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') (adverb)

  Examples

  1. he was pushed roughly aside
  2. they treated him rough

  Synonyms

  1. roughly
• not carefully or expertly made (adjective)

  Examples

  1. rough carpentry

  Synonyms

  1. crude
• unkind or cruel or uncivil (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a rough answer

  Synonyms

  1. harsh
• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. grating
  2. gravelly
  3. rasping
  4. raspy
  5. scratchy
• full of hardship or trials (adjective)

  Examples

  1. they were having a rough time

  Synonyms

  1. rocky
• with rough motion as over a rough surface (adverb)

  Examples

  1. ride rough

  Synonyms

  1. roughly
• having or caused by an irregular surface (adjective)

  Examples

  1. trees with rough bark
  2. rough ground
  3. rough skin
  4. rough blankets

  Synonyms

  1. unsmooth
• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. rough in
  2. rough out
• not quite exact or correct (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a rough guess

  Synonyms

  1. approximate
  2. approximative
• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a rough ride

  Synonyms

  1. bumpy
  2. jolting
  3. jolty
  4. jumpy
  5. rocky
• not perfected (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a rough draft
  2. a few rough sketches
• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse (adjective)

  Examples

  1. she was a diamond in the rough
  2. rough manners
• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped (adjective)
• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short (noun)

See definition of roughs in Merriam Webster