The wind began to roughen the surface of the sea.
Source: wiktionary
Roughen
//ˈɹʌfən//
Synonyms for "roughen" (46 found)
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Related words (23)
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11 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- загрубявам verb (to become rough)
- награпавявам verb (to make rough)
Finnish
2 entries- karhentaa verb (to make rough)
- karhentua verb (to become rough)
German
4 entries- anrauen verb (to make rough)
- aufrauen verb (to make rough)
- rau machen verb (to make rough)
- rau werden verb (to become rough)
Italian
1 entries- irruvidìre verb (to make rough)
Latin
1 entries- irrūgidō verb (to make rough)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
They roughened the edges of the stone to give it a rustic look.
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