1. ruf'ness.
2. Unevenness of surface, occasioned by small prominences; asperity of surface; as the roughness of a board, of a floor, or of a rock.
3. Austereness to the taste; as the roughness of sloes.
4. Taste of astringency.
5. Harshness to the ear; as the roughness of sounds.
6. Ruggedness of temper; harshness; austerity.
7. Coarseness of manners or behavior; rudeness.
8. Severity breedeth fear; but roughness breedeth hate.
9. Want of delicacy or refinement; as military roughness
10. Severity; harshness or violence of discipline.
11. Violence of operation in medicines.
12. Unpolished or unfinished state; as the roughness of a gem or a draught.
13. Inelegance of dress or appearance.
14. Tempestuousness; boisterousness; as of winds or weather.
15. Violent agitation by wind; as the roughness of the sea in a storm.
16. Coarseness of features.