1. (

• rough_in ,
• rough ,
• rough_out

) prepare in preliminary or sketchy form ;

1. (

• rough ,
• unsmooth

) having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" ;

2. (

• rough

) (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" ;

3. (

• approximate ,
• approximative ,
• rough

) not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" ;

4. (

• rocky ,
• rough

) full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" ;

5. (

• boisterous ,
• fierce ,
• rough

) violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" ;

6. (

• grating ,
• gravelly ,
• rasping ,
• raspy ,
• rough ,
• scratchy

) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" ;

7. (

• pugnacious ,
• rough

) 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. (

• rough ,

) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped ;

9. (

• rough ,
• rocky ,
• bumpy ,
• jolty ,
• jolting ,
• jumpy

) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride" ;

10. (

• uncut ,
• rough ,

) not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" ;

11. (

• crude ,
• rough

) not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" ;

12. (

• rough

) not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" ;

13. (

• harsh ,
• rough

) unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" ;

14. (

• harsh ,
• rough

) unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer" ;