Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)roughthe part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short Verbs
Adjectives
(a)rough, unsmoothhaving or caused by an irregular surface“trees with rough bark”,
“rough ground”,
“rough skin”,
“rough blankets”,
“his unsmooth face” (s)rough(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse“she was a diamond in the rough”,
“rough manners” (s)rocky, roughfull of hardship or trials“the rocky road to success”,
“they were having a rough time” (s)boisterous, fierce, roughviolently agitated and turbulent“boisterous winds and waves”,
“the fierce thunders roar me their music” (Ezra Pound),
“rough weather”,
“rough seas” (s)pugnacious, roughready 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” (a)roughof the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped (a)uncut, roughnot shaped by cutting or trimming“an uncut diamond”,
“rough gemstones” (s)crude, roughnot carefully or expertly made“managed to make a crude splint”,
“a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”,
“rough carpentry” (s)roughnot perfected“a rough draft”,
“a few rough sketches” (s)harsh, roughunpleasantly stern“wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”,
“the nomad life is rough and hazardous” (s)harsh, roughunkind or cruel or uncivil“had harsh words”,
“a harsh and unlovable old tyrant”,
“a rough answer” Adverbs
(r)roughly, roughwith roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal variant for ‘roughly’)“he was pushed roughly aside”,
“they treated him rough” (r)roughly, roughwith rough motion as over a rough surface“ride rough”