Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Roughness
adj
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
adj
rough, rugged, uneven
adj
Somewhat awkward.
adj
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
adj
Alternative spelling of balky [Refusing to proceed or cooperate.]
adj
Rude; clumsy; rough.
adj
Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.
adv
sluggishly
adj
Calloused; hardened.
adj
Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
adj
Crude, unpolished.
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a brute, or marked by brutishness
adv
(archaic) With the use of cant (slang, jargon).
adj
With a rough texture; not smooth.
adj
(figuratively) inelegant; gross.
adj
Rough, lacking refinement or sophistication.
adj
Somewhat coarse.
adj
Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbed together").
adj
Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way (as in "cobbled together").
adj
Archaic spelling of coarse. [With a rough texture; not smooth.]
adv
In a cramped manner; without much room.
n
lameness
adv
In a crude manner.
adj
Characterised or marked by crudeness.
adj
(obsolete) crude; raw
adj
Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
adj
Very rowdy, disorderly, and dangerous.
n
A small amount, especially of money.
adj
(Northern England) thin, fragile
n
(naval slang) A service certificate
adv
In a fragile way or manner.
adv
In a frail manner; weakly; infirmly.
adj
(of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
adj
At the lowest, basic, unsophisticated level.
adj
(informal) Somewhat ill.
adj
Alternative spelling of light-headed [Disordered in the head; dizzy or feeling faint; hence, flighty in mind; delirious.]
adv
In a limp manner, without support or resistance.
adj
(music) Having a rough quality, not musically smooth and refined.
adj
Obsolete form of lumpish. [Shaped like a lump, lumpy, ill-defined in shape.]
adj
Abbreviation of lightweight. [Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity]
adj
(rare) rough, rugged
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
adj
Alternative form of milksoppish [weak; timid; ineffectual]
adj
Rough, crude
adv
In a ragged manner, unevenly, especially not in unison
adj
(chiefly Scotland) Rude or coarse in manner.
adj
Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
adj
(Now chiefly dialectal) (of persons) Fierce; cruel; savage; stern; zealous; ardent; keen.
adj
Violent; rough; rude.
adv
In an uneven way; in a rocking manner.
adj
Not smooth; uneven.
adj
(idiomatic, often hyphenated when placed immediately before the modified noun) Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.
adj
(idiomatic) In need of refinement; unsophisticated.
n
(figuratively) Minor imperfections.
v
(colloquial) To endure hard living conditions; to live without ordinary comforts.
adj
Alternative form of rough and ready [(idiomatic, often hyphenated when placed immediately before the modified noun) Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.]
adj
active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm
v
To sketch roughly; to make a quick, unpolished version.
adj
Of building stone, not smooth, uncut.
adj
(by extension, figuratively) Having coarse traits of character; not polished or refined.
adj
hewn roughly without a neat finish
v
(transitive) To shape crudely; to form in its first rudiments, without correction or polish.
v
(transitive) In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
v
(intransitive) To become rough.
v
Alternative form of rough-hew [To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface.]
adj
Alternative form of rough-hewn [hewn roughly without a neat finish]
v
To treat roughly or violently.
adv
In a roughish manner; somewhat roughly.
n
Slight roughness.
adv
In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
adj
(by extension) Brutal or domineering.
adj
Characterised or marked by roughness; crude; unrefined
adj
(figuratively) Unpolished, rough and ready, uncultured, unsophisticated.
adj
Crudely made; primitive.
adj
Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
adj
(figuratively, rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.
adj
Crude, rough.
adj
(archaic, formal) rough
n
Laziness, inefficiency, muddleheadedness, especially as a supposed Southern German or Austrian characteristic.
n
Roughness; irregularity; jaggedness.
n
Writing that lacks literary merit.
adv
In a scrimpy manner.
adj
Crude, unsophisticated; not professionally done, improvised.
adj
(colloquial) Disposed to shirk.
adv
In a shoddy manner; lacking quality and done poorly, usually in a cheap and low quality way.
n
(colloquial) shoddy quality or condition
adj
Physically puny.
adj
Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
adj
Not thorough or detailed.
adv
in a skimming manner
n
The quality of being slabby; sliminess, muddiness.
adj
(US, colloquial, dated) flimsy; frail
n
(countable) The result or product of being slippery.
n
Synonym of slipshodness
n
slobbishness
n
(countable) The result or product of being sloppy.
adj
(rare, archaic) slovenly
adv
In a slovenly manner.
adv
In a slovenly manner.
n
(obsolete) slovenliness
adv
In or by fragments; superficially.
adj
(obsolete) stiff; harsh
adj
Not arranged in a line.
adj
Not delicate; hardy, rugged.
adj
(UK, dialect) Obstinate; sullen.
adj
Having texture, not smooth.
adj
Rowdy or rough.
adv
In an undulating manner.
adj
Not soft; hard; coarse; rough.
adv
In a vagrant manner.
adj
wimpy
n
The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.

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