The sea got rough, so that we had to give up fishing.
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Rough
//ɹʌf//
Synonyms for "rough" (724 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (145)
bumpyboisterousbrokencoarsecraggedcrudeharshjoltingpotholedroughlyshaggeduncutunpolishedunrefinedvulgarabrasiveabruptabstruseabuseacerb
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acerbicacidacidulousacridacrimoniousacuteaggressiveagitatedalligatoredamaroidalangularapproximateapproximativearduousarrestedarrivisteasperousassaultastringentattackausterebabbittbackbackwardbadbarbarianbarbaricbarkybatterbattlerbearishbeastlybeat upbelaborbelligerentbelted knightbickererbidentatebiserratebitingbitterbitter as gallbladeblock outblueprintbluffbluntblusteringblusteryboorbossboulderedbouncybounderbourgeoisbrashbrassybravobrawlerbrazenbriefbroadbroken groundbroken waterbrokenlybrouillonbruisebrusquebrutalbrutallybrutishlybuckobuffetbullatebullybullyboycacophonouscadcapriciouscareeningcartooncatchycausticcavalierchangeablechangingchartchokedchopchoppilychoppychurlchurlishciliatedclowncoarse texturedcoarse-grainedcoarsencombatantcompetitorcomplexcontendercontestantcopycorduroycorduroy roadcorrugatedcorrugationcostatecrackedcraggycrasscrenulatedcrispatecriticalcroakingcroaky
Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (217)
cross grainedcross-grainedcruelcrushedcrustycursorycurtcutthroatcuttingdelicatedelineationdemandingdentatedenticulatedesigndesperadodesultorydeviatingdeviativedeviatory
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devildiagramdifferentdifficiledifficultdirtydisconnecteddiscontinuousdiscordantdiscourteousdisorderlydisputantdisrespectfuldivaricatedivergentdiversifieddo violence todo wrong bydo wrong todouble edgeddouble-edgeddourdraftdrasticdraughtdraughtsmandraughtydrawingdryduelistearthyebaucheeccentricedgedelevationemarginateembryonicenforcerepiciereroseerraticescharoticesquisseexactingexcessiveexorbitantextravagantextremefencerfeuderfiercefighterfighting cockfigurefimbriatefirmfitfulflickeringfluctuatingfoggyfoilsmanformidableformlessfoulfuriousgamecockgaudygeneralgladiatorgnarlgoongoose bumpsgoose pimplesgoosefleshgorillagrainedgrainygranulargranulategranulatedgraphgratinggravellygreatgrimgrittygrossground plangroundlinggruffgunmangutteringguttersnipegutturalhairyhaltinghardhard earnedhard foughthard-earnedhard-foughtharsh-soundingharum scarumharum-scarumhastyhatchet manhazyheavyhell raiserhell-raiserhellcatherculeanherky-jerkyheteroclitehoarsehomespunhoodhoodlumhooliganhorripilanthorripilatehorripilationhouse planhuskyichnographyill-bredill-bred fellowill-manneredill-treatill-useimbricatedimmethodicalimmoderateimperfectimpoliteimproperimpulsivein embryoin ovoin the roughincisiveinclementincompleteinconsiderateinconsistentinconstantindecentindecorousindelicateinelegantinequalinexactinharmoniousinjureintemperateintenseintermittentintermittingintricateironboundirregularirregularlyirritatingjaggedjaggedlyjarringjawbreakingjerkyjoggletyjogglingjogglyjoltyjousterkeenkillerknightknobknock aboutknock-down-and-drag-outknockaboutknotted
Related words (362)
knottylaboriouslaceratedlaciniatelambastelay onlepidotelinsey-woolseyloobylooseloploudloutloutishlowlow fellowlumpylurchingmad dogmalodorous
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maltreatmanhandlemark outmaulmeanmercilessmercurialmeretriciousmetallicmilitantmiscreantmishandlemistreatmock-upmolestmordaciousmordantmotleymuckermugmutableno picnicnonconformistnonstandardnonuniformnose ticklingnose-ticklingnot easynotchednouveau richeobsceneoperoseoutlineoutrageoutrageousoversimpleparvenupatchypatternpeasantpectinatepenetratingphilistinepicnicpiercingpimplepimplypiquantpittedplotplug uglyplug-uglypluralisticpockypoignantpommelpornographicprimitiveprofileprojectionproximatepugnaciouspummelpungentpunkquarrelerquickraggedraggedlyragingramblingrambunctiousrampageousrankraspingraucidraucousrawreductionisticreductiveregrettableribaldridiculousrigorousrimoserioterrippleripplyrivalrockboundrockyroiledroisterousrollickingropyrottenrough draftrough inrough uprough-and-readyrough-and-tumblerough-castrough-grainedrough-hewnroughcastroughenroughenedroughhewnroughishroughneckroundroupyrowdyruderudimentalrudimentaryruffianruffledruggedrugoseruncinaterusticrustyruttedruttysabreursandpapersandpaperysavagesavagelysaw likesaw toothedscabbyscabrousscallopedscalyscathingscraggyscrapperscrappyscratchscufflerseamedserrulateset with thornsseveresexyshaggyshapelesssharpshinglyshortsimplisticskeletonsketchsketchyslavishslubbedsmuttysnatchysnippysolidsourspartanspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspinosespinysplittingsporadicspottysquabblersquamulosesquawkingsquawkystabbingstaggeringsteepstentoriansternstertorousstickystiffstingingstormystrangledstreetfighterstrenuousstridentstridulousstringentstrongstrong armstrong-arm manstrong-armerstrugglerstudstuntedsurlyswashbucklerswordswordplayerswordsmantabletactlesstarttempestuoustexturedthickthornythrashthroatythugticklishtighttiltertinnytoilsometoughtracetrenchanttricksytrickytruculenttryingturbulenttusslertwilledunbecomingunblownuncertainunciviluncivilizeduncompletedunconscionableuncouthuncultivatedunculturedundecorousunderdevelopedundevelopedundressedunequableunequalunevenunevenlyunfairunfashionedunfeelingunfinishedunformedunfortunateungentleungentlemanlyungodlyungraciousunhewnunjustunkemptunlaboredunladylikeunlevelunlickedunluckyunmethodicalunmetricalunmusicalunorthodoxunpleasantunprocessedunregularunrhythmicalunseemlyunsettledunshapedunsmoothunsparingunstableunsteadyunsystematicuntowarduntreatedununiformunworkedunwroughtuphillupstartvaguevariablevariegatedvariformvariousvaryingveeringvehementvenomousverrucoseviolentviolentlyvirulentvitriolicvulgarianvulgaristwallopwanderingwashboardwaveringwickedwildwimpledwobblingwobblyworking drawingwrangleryahooyokel
Adjective(13 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
14 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
112 entriesShowing 16 of 112 words.
distinct from
4 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
similar
164 entriesShowing 16 of 164 words.
Translations
251 translations across 63 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- τραχύς adj (not smooth)
- ἀπηνής adj (violent)
Arabic
1 entries- خَشِن adj (not smooth)
Aromanian
1 entries- ascuru adj (not smooth)
Assamese
1 entries- খহটা adj (not smooth)
Asturian
1 entries- aspru adj (not smooth)
Belarusian
2 entries- гру́бы adj (not smooth)
- грубы́ adj (not smooth)
Bikol Central
1 entries- maragkot adj (not smooth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бурен adj (turbulent)
- грапав adj (not smooth)
- груб adj (violent)
- необработен adj (crude, unrefined)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြမ်း adj (not smooth)
Catalan
4 entries- aproximat adj (approximate)
- aspre adj (not smooth)
- complicat adj (violent)
- difícil adj (difficult)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- زوور adj (not smooth)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏐᏅ adj (not smooth)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 粗暴 adj (violent)
- 粗略 adj (approximate)
- 粗糙 adj (not smooth)
- 粗野 adj (crude, unrefined)
Czech
4 entries- bouřlivý adj (turbulent)
- hrubý adj (not smooth)
- hrubý adj (approximate)
- neomalený adj (crude, unrefined)
Dutch
2 entries- ruig adj (not smooth)
- ruw adj (not smooth)
Esperanto
1 entries- malglata adj (not smooth)
Estonian
2 entries- kare adj (not smooth)
- ligilähedane adj (approximate)
Finnish
4 entries- aallokkoinen adj (turbulent)
- alustava adj (approximate)
- karhea adj (not smooth)
- karkea adj (approximate)
French
4 entries- agité adj (turbulent)
- approximatif adj (approximate)
- brouillon adj (approximate)
- brut adj (not smooth)
Galician
4 entries- acaroado adj (approximate)
- aproximada adj (approximate)
- aproximado adj (approximate)
- arrevesado adj (difficult)
Georgian
2 entries- დაახლოებითი adj (approximate)
- მიახლოებითი adj (approximate)
German
4 entries- grob adj (not smooth)
- grob adj (approximate)
- rau adj (not smooth)
- roh adj (crude, unrefined)
Hungarian
4 entries- durva adj (not smooth)
- durva adj (crude, unrefined)
- egyenetlen adj (not smooth)
- faragatlan adj (crude, unrefined)
Ido
1 entries- aspera adj (not smooth)
Indonesian
2 entries- kasar adj (not smooth)
- kasar adj (crude, unrefined)
Ingrian
2 entries- karhia adj (not smooth)
- karskia adj (not smooth)
Irish
4 entries- amhchaoin adj (crude, unrefined)
- eascaoin adj (violent)
- garbh adj (not smooth)
- garbh adj (turbulent)
Italian
4 entries- approssimato adj (approximate)
- difficile adj (difficult)
- mosso adj (turbulent)
- rude adj (crude, unrefined)
Japanese
3 entries- 凸凹な adj (not smooth)
- 粗い adj (not smooth)
- 粗野 adj (crude, unrefined)
Korean
1 entries- 거칠다 adj (not smooth)
Latin
4 entries- asper adj (not smooth)
- difficilis adj (difficult)
- impolītus adj (crude, unrefined)
- rudis adj (crude, unrefined)
Latvian
4 entries- ass adj (not smooth)
- negluds adj (not smooth)
- raupjš adj (not smooth)
- raupjš adj (crude, unrefined)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šiurkštus adj (not smooth)
Macedonian
1 entries- груб adj (not smooth)
Marathi
1 entries- खरबरीत adj (not smooth)
Māori
4 entries- kaitara adj (not smooth)
- kōkau adj (crude, unrefined)
- kōrawarawa adj (turbulent)
- mātoetoe adj (not smooth)
Navajo
1 entries- dichʼíízh adj (not smooth)
Norman
1 entries- rude adj (not smooth)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zivir adj (not smooth)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- urolig adj (turbulent)
Occitan
1 entries- aspre adj (not smooth)
Persian
3 entries- خشن adj (not smooth)
- زبر adj (not smooth)
- زمخت adj (not smooth)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- ruch adj (not smooth)
- schroff adj (not smooth)
Polish
3 entries- chropowaty adj (not smooth)
- szorstki adj (not smooth)
- zgrubny adj (not smooth)
Portuguese
4 entries- aproximado adj (approximate)
- difícil adj (difficult)
- duro adj (difficult)
- grosseiro adj (crude, unrefined)
Quechua
2 entries- qhachqa adj (not smooth)
- taku adj (not smooth)
Romanian
4 entries- aspru adj (not smooth)
- brut adj (crude, unrefined)
- brutal adj (violent)
- dur adj (not smooth)
Russian
4 entries- бу́рный adj (turbulent)
- гру́бый adj (not smooth)
- гру́бый adj (crude, unrefined)
- жёсткий adj (not smooth)
Scots
1 entries- roch adj (not smooth)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- garbh adj (not smooth)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- grub adj (not smooth)
- груб adj (not smooth)
Slovak
1 entries- hrubý adj (not smooth)
Slovene
1 entries- grob adj (not smooth)
Spanish
4 entries- aproximado adj (approximate)
- aproximativo adj (approximate)
- casi adj (approximate)
- complicado adj (violent)
Sundanese
1 entries- keusrak adj (not smooth)
Swedish
2 entries- ojämn adj (not smooth)
- ruff noun (unmowed part of golf-course)
Telugu
3 entries- కష్టమైన adj (difficult)
- గరుకు adj (not smooth)
- సుమారు adj (approximate)
Tocharian B
2 entries- aśāwe adj (not smooth)
- śāwe adj (not smooth)
Turkish
2 entries- kaba adj (not smooth)
- pürtüklü adj (not smooth)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гру́бий adj (not smooth)
- шорстки́й adj (not smooth)
Walloon
2 entries- graevleus adj (not smooth)
- rexhe adj (not smooth)
West-Frisian
1 entries- rûch adj (not smooth)
Zazaki
1 entries- xısn adj (not smooth)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
We had a rough crossing on an old ferry.
Source: tatoeba (23009)
We had a rough time.
Source: tatoeba (23145)
My job search is really going rough. I don't have any connections.
Source: tatoeba (25541)
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