Adjective
1. having or caused by an irregular surface;
"trees with rough bark""rough ground""a rough ride""rough skin""rough blankets""his unsmooth face""unsmooth writing"2. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse;
"she was a diamond in the rough""rough manners"3. not quite exact or correct;
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock""a rough guess""a ballpark estimate"4. full of hardship or trials;
"the rocky road to success""they were having a rough time"5. violently agitated and turbulent;
"boisterous winds and waves""the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound"rough weather""rough seas"6. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound;
"a gravelly voice"7. 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"8. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
9. not shaped by cutting or trimming;
"an uncut diamond""rough gemstones"10. not carefully or expertly made;
"managed to make a crude splint""a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them""rough carpentry"11. not perfected;
"a rough draft""a few rough sketches"12. unpleasantly stern;
"wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus""the nomad life is rough and hazardous"