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ROUGHNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harsh or severe speech or behavior
Example:
the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("roughness" is a kind of...):
intensification (action that makes something stronger or more extreme)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An unpolished unrefined quality
Example:
the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
Synonyms:
crudeness; roughness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("roughness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
rough (unpleasantly stern)
rough (not carefully or expertly made)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Synonyms:
raggedness; roughness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("roughness" is a kind of...):
texture (the feel of a surface or a fabric)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roughness"):
scaliness (the property of being scaly)
coarseness; nubbiness; tweediness (looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth))
burl; knot; slub (soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design)
abrasiveness; harshness; scratchiness (the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions)
coarseness; graininess; granularity (the quality of being composed of relatively large particles)
shagginess (roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs)
bumpiness (the texture of a surface that has many bumps)
bristliness; prickliness; spininess; thorniness (the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines)
Antonym:
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
Derivation:
rough (having or caused by an irregular surface)
rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
Synonyms:
harshness; roughness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("roughness" is a kind of...):
unpleasantness (the quality of giving displeasure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roughness"):
gruffness; hoarseness; huskiness (a throaty harshness)
Derivation:
rough (unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Synonyms:
indentation; pitting; roughness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("roughness" is a kind of...):
corroding; corrosion; erosion (erosion by chemical action)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Rowdy behavior
Synonyms:
disorderliness; roughness; rowdiness; rowdyism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("roughness" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Derivation:
rough (ready and able to resort to force or violence)
rough ((of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Synonyms:
choppiness; rough water; roughness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("roughness" is a kind of...):
storminess (the state of being stormy)
Derivation:
rough (violently agitated and turbulent)
