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