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roughness
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raggedness
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
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harshness
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roughness
the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
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crudeness
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roughness
an unpolished unrefined quality
“the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her”
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choppiness
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roughness
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rough water
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
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rowdiness
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rowdyism
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roughness
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disorderliness
rowdy behavior
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pitting
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roughness
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indentation
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
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roughness
harsh or severe speech or behavior
“men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity”
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“the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet”
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