Rougher

Word ROUGHER
Character 7
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Definitions and meanings of "Rougher"

What do we mean by rougher?

Not smooth; uneven.

Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

Turbulent.

Difficult; trying.

Crude; unrefined

Violent; not careful or subtle

Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.

Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.

Harsh-tasting.

Somewhat ill; sick

Unwell due to alcohol; hungover

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The word "rougher" in example sentences

Olympia had several points against her: she was clearly a prostitute; the painting was done in rougher strokes than were popular at the time; she was being attended by a black maid and a black cat, which suggested some sort of social commentary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Women wore dresses at home even in rougher, undeveloped countries,, so what is our problem? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course, you seem to be able to hunt in rougher country than a lot of us (at least rougher than I can) so your situation may simply call for a Kevlar stock. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The men swam in rougher water than the women, but had cooler temperatures. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It was as if he was trying to remember what he had once felt; and that made the expression rougher than if it had been more spontaneous. ❋ Hutchins Hapgood (1906)

The Dualism of the Zoroastrian is a more spontaneous suggestion than the Pantheism of the Brahman — an older and so to speak a rougher and more popular type of thought. ❋ 1823-1886 (1876)

Let it be very hot, for the hotter it is, the rougher will be your Comfits; and for all that, the Comfits will not take so much Sugar as one may imagine from their Appearance. ❋ Richard Bradley (1710)

What is very remarkable in Stevenson is that a man who was so much the dreamer of dreams -- the mystic moralist, the constant questioner and speculator on human destiny and human perversity, and the riddles that arise on the search for the threads of motive and incentives to human action -- moreover, a man, who constantly suffered from one of the most trying and weakening forms of ill-health -- should have been so full-blooded, as it were, so keen for contact with all forms of human life and character, what is called the rougher and coarser being by no means excluded. ❋ Unknown (1871)

D & I were cruising through a "rougher" area and she said "The painter of blight would like this area". ❋ William Wray (2007)

I find I use more or less the same naming convetion at home as I do at work, except I may use "rougher" names at home. ❋ Magnio (2006)

That the blank verse of Tennyson, for example, a consummate master of this form in certain applications, is cruder (not "rougher" or less perfect in technique) than that of half a dozen contemporaries of Shakespeare; cruder, because less capable of expressing complicated, subtle, and surprising emotions. 2 ❋ Thomas Stearns (1920)

The early courses were rougher, meaning skiers couldn't hold their tucks and had to reduce their speeds. ❋ Jim Morris (2011)

Gasol was not nealy as effective DEFESIVElY on Howard or anyone 'rougher' than he is. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The game may be getting "rougher," for example, or kids today may be bigger relative to years past, which could be making the game more physical. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The most basic way to describe the feel is 'rougher' than it was, like something came loose. ❋ Roygbv (2010)

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