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rough

  • adjective
  • /ɹʌf/

Not smooth; uneven.

Other meanings

  1. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

  2. Difficult; trying.

    “Being a teenager nowadays can be rough.”

Example sentences

  • “Can you read the rough draft of my essay?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Cats have rough tongues.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "rūg".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “rough” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.