Roughing

Synonyms for "roughing" (724 found)

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Closest matches (145)

bumpy boisterous broken coarse cragged crude harsh jolting potholed roughly shagged uncut unpolished unrefined vulgar abrasive abrupt abstruse abuse acerb

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acerbic acid acidulous acrid acrimonious acute aggressive agitated alligatored amaroidal angular approximate approximative arduous arrested arriviste asperous assault astringent attack austere babbitt back backward bad barbarian barbaric barky batter battler bearish beastly beat up belabor belligerent belted knight bickerer bidentate biserrate biting bitter bitter as gall blade block out blueprint bluff blunt blustering blustery boor boss bouldered bouncy bounder bourgeois brash brassy bravo brawler brazen brief broad broken ground broken water brokenly brouillon bruise brusque brutal brutally brutishly bucko buffet bullate bully bullyboy cacophonous cad capricious careening cartoon catchy caustic cavalier changeable changing chart choked chop choppily choppy churl churlish ciliated clown coarse textured coarse-grained coarsen combatant competitor complex contender contestant copy corduroy corduroy road corrugated corrugation costate cracked craggy crass crenulated crispate critical croaking croaky

Adjective(4 words)

abrasive asperous chapped coarse

Adjective(4 words)

approximate approximative boisterous bumpy

Strong matches (217)

cross grained cross-grained cruel crushed crusty cursory curt cutthroat cutting delicate delineation demanding dentate denticulate design desperado desultory deviating deviative deviatory

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devil diagram different difficile difficult dirty disconnected discontinuous discordant discourteous disorderly disputant disrespectful divaricate divergent diversified do violence to do wrong by do wrong to double edged double-edged dour draft drastic draught draughtsman draughty drawing dry duelist earthy ebauche eccentric edged elevation emarginate embryonic enforcer epicier erose erratic escharotic esquisse exacting excessive exorbitant extravagant extreme fencer feuder fierce fighter fighting cock figure fimbriate firm fitful flickering fluctuating foggy foilsman formidable formless foul furious gamecock gaudy general gladiator gnarl goon goose bumps goose pimples gooseflesh gorilla grained grainy granular granulate granulated graph grating gravelly great grim gritty gross ground plan groundling gruff gunman guttering guttersnipe guttural hairy halting hard hard earned hard fought hard-earned hard-fought harsh-sounding harum scarum harum-scarum hasty hatchet man hazy heavy hell raiser hell-raiser hellcat herculean herky-jerky heteroclite hoarse homespun hood hoodlum hooligan horripilant horripilate horripilation house plan husky ichnography ill-bred ill-bred fellow ill-mannered ill-treat ill-use imbricated immethodical immoderate imperfect impolite improper impulsive in embryo in ovo in the rough incisive inclement incomplete inconsiderate inconsistent inconstant indecent indecorous indelicate inelegant inequal inexact inharmonious injure intemperate intense intermittent intermitting intricate ironbound irregular irregularly irritating jagged jaggedly jarring jawbreaking jerky jogglety joggling joggly jolty jouster keen killer knight knob knock about knock-down-and-drag-out knockabout knotted

Adjective(8 words)

crude fierce grating gravelly harsh jolting jolty jumpy

Adjective(8 words)

gimped harsh horny insensitive irregular jagged jaggy knaggy

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knotty laborious lacerated laciniate lambaste lay on lepidote linsey-woolsey looby loose lop loud lout loutish low low fellow lumpy lurching mad dog malodorous

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maltreat manhandle mark out maul mean merciless mercurial meretricious metallic militant miscreant mishandle mistreat mock-up molest mordacious mordant motley mucker mug mutable no picnic nonconformist nonstandard nonuniform nose tickling nose-tickling not easy notched nouveau riche obscene operose outline outrage outrageous oversimple parvenu patchy pattern peasant pectinate penetrating philistine picnic piercing pimple pimply piquant pitted plot plug ugly plug-ugly pluralistic pocky poignant pommel pornographic primitive profile projection proximate pugnacious pummel pungent punk quarreler quick ragged raggedly raging rambling rambunctious rampageous rank rasping raucid raucous raw reductionistic reductive regrettable ribald ridiculous rigorous rimose rioter ripple ripply rival rockbound rocky roiled roisterous rollicking ropy rotten rough draft rough in rough up rough-and-ready rough-and-tumble rough-cast rough-grained rough-hewn roughcast roughen roughened roughhewn roughish roughneck round roupy rowdy rude rudimental rudimentary ruffian ruffled rugged rugose runcinate rustic rusty rutted rutty sabreur sandpaper sandpapery savage savagely saw like saw toothed scabby scabrous scalloped scaly scathing scraggy scrapper scrappy scratch scuffler seamed serrulate set with thorns severe sexy shaggy shapeless sharp shingly short simplistic skeleton sketch sketchy slavish slubbed smutty snatchy snippy solid sour spartan spasmatic spasmic spasmodic spastic spinose spiny splitting sporadic spotty squabbler squamulose squawking squawky stabbing staggering steep stentorian stern stertorous sticky stiff stinging stormy strangled streetfighter strenuous strident stridulous stringent strong strong arm strong-arm man strong-armer struggler stud stunted surly swashbuckler sword swordplayer swordsman table tactless tart tempestuous textured thick thorny thrash throaty thug ticklish tight tilter tinny toilsome tough trace trenchant tricksy tricky truculent trying turbulent tussler twilled unbecoming unblown uncertain uncivil uncivilized uncompleted unconscionable uncouth uncultivated uncultured undecorous underdeveloped undeveloped undressed unequable unequal uneven unevenly unfair unfashioned unfeeling unfinished unformed unfortunate ungentle ungentlemanly ungodly ungracious unhewn unjust unkempt unlabored unladylike unlevel unlicked unlucky unmethodical unmetrical unmusical unorthodox unpleasant unprocessed unregular unrhythmical unseemly unsettled unshaped unsmooth unsparing unstable unsteady unsystematic untoward untreated ununiform unworked unwrought uphill upstart vague variable variegated variform various varying veering vehement venomous verrucose violent violently virulent vitriolic vulgarian vulgarist wallop wandering washboard wavering wicked wild wimpled wobbling wobbly working drawing wrangler yahoo yokel

Adjective(7 words)

pugnacious rasping raspy rocky scratchy uncut unsmooth

Verb(3 words)

rag rough in rough out

Adjective(13 words)

rantipole rugged rugose salebrous scabrid scabridous scabrous scraggy shagged squarrose uneven unmannerly unsmooth

Adverb(1 words)

roughly

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Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Yes, thanks. Recently I've been roughing it so I was able to get a proper sleep for the first time in a while.

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Two minutes for roughing.

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The only way to knock some sense into them is by roughing them up a little.

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