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Rough [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having inequalities, small ridges or points on the surface; not smooth or plane; as a rough board, a rough stone; rough cloth.

2. Stony; abounding with stones and stumps; as rough land; or simply with stones; as a rough road.

3. Not wrought or polished; as a rough diamond.

4. Thrown into huge waves; violently agitated; as a rough sea.

5. Tempestuous; stormy; boisterous; as rough weather.

6. Austere to the taste; harsh; as rough wine.

7. Harsh to the ear; grating; jarring; unharmonious; as rough sounds; rough numbers.

8. Rugged of temper; severe; austere; rude; not mild or courteous.

9. A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough

10. Coarse in manners; rude.

11. A surly boatman, rough as seas and wind.

12. Harsh; violent; not easy; as a rough remedy.

13. Hard featured; not delicate; as a rough visage.

14. Harsh; severe; uncivil; as rough usage.

15. Terrible; dreadful.

16. On the rough edge of battle, ere it join'd, Satan advanc'd.

17. Rugged; disordered in appearance; coarse.

18. ROUGH from the tossing surge Ulysses moves.

19. Hairy; shaggy; covered with hairs, bristles and the like.

Rough [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

Rough [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

2. Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.

3. Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.

4. Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.

5. Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.

6. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.

7. Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.

8. Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.

9. Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.

10. Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.

11. Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.

12. Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.

13. Produced offhand.

14. Boisterous weather.

15. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

Rough [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To render rough; to roughen.

2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.

3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.

Rough-cast [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ruf'-cast.

2. A rude model; the form of a thing in its first rudiments, unfinished.

3. A plaster with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.

Rough-cast [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ruf'-cast. [rough and cast.]

2. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction and polish.

3. To mold without nicety or elegance, or to form with asperities.

4. To cover with a mixture of plaster and shells or pebbles; as, to rough-cast a building.

Rough-draught [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ruf'-draft. A draught in its rudiments; a draught not perfected; a sketch.

Rough-draw [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ruf'-draw. To draw or delineate coarsely.

Rough-drawn [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ruf'-drawn. Coarsely drawn.

Rough-footed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ruf'-footed. Feather-footed; as a rough-footed dove.

Rough-footed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.

Rough-grained [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.

Rough-hew [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ruf'-hew. [rough and hew.]

2. To hew coarsely without smoothing; as, to rough-hew timber.

3. To give the first form or shape to a thing.

4. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.

Rough-hewn [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. or a ruf'-hewn.

2. Hewn coarsely without smoothing.

3. Rugged; unpolished; of coarse manners; rude.

4. A rough-hewn seaman.

5. Unpolished; not nicely finished.

Rough-legged [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.

Rough-shod [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ruf'-shod. Shod with shoes armed with points; as a rough-shod horse. [This word is not generally used in America. In New England, instead of rough-shod calked is used.]

Rough-work [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ruf'-work. [rough and work.]

2. To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness or finish.

Rough-wrought [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ruf'-raut. Wrought or done coarsely.

Roughcast [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.

2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.

Roughcast [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.

3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.

Roughcaster [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who roughcasts.

Roughdraw [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.

Roughdry [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

Roughen [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ruf'n. [from rough.] To make rough.

2. ruf'n. To grow or become rough.

Roughen [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To grow or become rough.

Roughen [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make rough.

Roughened [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Roughen

Roughening [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Roughen

King James Bible KJV Bible

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18 KJV and 2 BSB verses contain “rough”

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”

Genesis 42:30

The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

Deuteronomy 21:4

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:

bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

1 Samuel 20:10

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

2 Chronicles 10:13

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

Proverbs 18:23

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Isaiah 27:8

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Jeremiah 51:27

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

Daniel 8:21

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

Zechariah 13:4

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

Luke 3:5

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

Wisdom of Solomon 12:9

Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, or with one rough word:

Wisdom of Solomon 14:5

Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.

Sirach 10:21

The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but roughness and pride is the losing thereof.

Baruch 4:26

My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.

2 Maccabees 14:30

Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto him, and that he entreated him more roughly than he was wont, perceiving that such sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor.