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English noun: roughness | |||
| 1. | roughness (attribute) a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven | ||
| Synonyms | raggedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | texture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abrasiveness, bristliness, bumpiness, burl, coarseness, coarseness, graininess, granularity, harshness, knot, nubbiness, prickliness, scaliness, scratchiness, shagginess, slub, spininess, thorniness, tweediness | ||
| Antonyms | smoothness | ||
| 2. | roughness (attribute) the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses | ||
| Synonyms | harshness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unpleasantness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness | ||
| 3. | roughness (attribute) an unpolished unrefined quality | ||
| Samples | The crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her. | ||
| Synonyms | crudeness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inelegance | ||
| 4. | roughness (state) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | ||
| Synonyms | choppiness, rough water | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | storminess | ||
| 5. | roughness (state) rowdy behavior | ||
| Synonyms | disorderliness, rowdiness, rowdyism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disorder | ||
| 6. | roughness (process) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | ||
| Synonyms | indentation, pitting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | corroding, corrosion, erosion | ||
| 7. | roughness (act) harsh or severe speech or behavior | ||
| Samples | Men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity. The roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intensification | ||
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