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(adj) pugnacious
ready and able to resort to force or violence
pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville; they were rough and determined fighting men
(adj) grating, gravelly, scratchy, rasping, raspy
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
a gravelly voice
(adj) boisterous, fierce
violently agitated and turbulent
boisterous winds and waves; the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound; rough weather; rough seas
(adj) uncut
not shaped by cutting or trimming
an uncut diamond; rough gemstones
(adj) rocky
full of hardship or trials
the rocky road to success; they were having a rough time
(adj) approximate, approximative
not quite exact or correct
the approximate time was 10 o'clock; a rough guess; a ballpark estimate
(adj) harsh
unkind or cruel or uncivil
had harsh words; a harsh and unlovable old tyrant; a rough answer
(adj) harsh
unpleasantly stern
wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus; the nomad life is rough and hazardous
(adj) crude
not carefully or expertly made
managed to make a crude splint; a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them; rough carpentry
(adj) unsmooth
having or caused by an irregular surface
trees with rough bark; rough ground; rough skin; rough blankets; his unsmooth face
(adj) jolting, jolty, jumpy, bumpy, rocky
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
a rough ride
(adv) roughly
with rough motion as over a rough surface
ride rough
(adv) roughly
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
he was pushed roughly aside; they treated him rough
prepare in preliminary or sketchy form