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Roughness

noun

A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven. Synonym: raggedness.

The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses. Synonym: harshness.

An unpolished unrefined quality. Synonym: crudeness.

Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather. Synonyms: choppiness, rough water.

Rowdy behavior. Synonyms: disorderliness, rowdiness, rowdyism.

The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion. Synonyms: indentation, pitting.

Harsh or severe speech or behavior. "The roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"

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"Roughness" Quotes from Famous Books

... should not be introduced without cause.*—A sudden and apparently unnecessary change of construction causes awkwardness and roughness at least, and sometimes breaks the flow of the sentence so seriously as to cause perplexity. Thus, write "virtuous and accomplished," or "of many virtues and accomplishments," not "of many virtues and accomplished;" ...

— How to Write Clearly - Rules and Exercises on English Composition • Edwin A. Abbott

... view of the extreme north-eastern promontory of the island, a tall cliff known as the Punta del Imperatore in honour of the great Emperor Charles the Fifth, beyond which visitors rarely penetrate owing to the roughness, or rather non-existence of roads, though the southern side of the island, which lies between this cape and the castle of Ischia, is fully as beautiful as the ...

— The Naples Riviera • Herbert M. Vaughan

... head that he was a gentleman, from those very reasons that proved he was not one; and to show himself a fine gentleman, by a behavior which seemed to insinuate he had never seen one. He was, moreover, a man of gallantry; at the age of seventy he had the finicalness of Sir Courtly Nice, with the roughness of Surly; and, while he was deaf himself, had a voice ...

— Journal of A Voyage to Lisbon • Henry Fielding

... divert his mind he hurried to the front door to welcome the visitor and drew him into the room with friendly roughness. ...

— The Return of Peter Grimm - Novelised From the Play • David Belasco

... her emotion; then, bending forward, laid her lips upon the roughness of his hair. It might have been the stirring of the breeze, for all the sign ...

— The Mistress of Shenstone • Florence L. Barclay

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