Unsmooth
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make no longer smooth; to roughen or furrow. transitive
"Her face gathers, furrows, glooms; arching eyebrows wrinkle into horizontals, and a tinge of bitterness unsmooths the cheek and robs the lip of sweetened grace. She is evidently perturbed."
Adjective
- 1 Not smooth; rough. not-comparable
"G. Fletcher How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style?"
Adjective
- 1 having or caused by an irregular surface wordnet
Example
More examples"G. Fletcher How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style?"
Etymology
From un- + smooth.