verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of roughen form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

chappedcrackedrough

Example

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"His keen face was bronzed by the sun and roughened by the wind."

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