Rough Synonyms


Rough Synonyms in Adjective Form

  • difficult, trying, hard, arduous, strenuous, laborious, rugged, austere, severe, unsparing, uncomfortable, inconvenient.
  • shaggy, stubby, bushy, bristly, fuzzy, nappy, coarse, matted, ragged, tousled, rumpled, uncombed, ruffled, disheveled, unkempt, disordered.
  • uncouth, boorish, rude, coarse, loutish, uncultivated, unpolished, unrefined, uncivil, ungentle, crude, crass, gross, rank, rugged, rowdy, boisterous, raw, blunt, earthy, ribald.
  • uneven, unsmooth, irregular, broken, bumpy, jagged, craggy, snaggy, choppy, gnarled, knotted, corrugated, scabrous, stubbled, granulated, rugged.
  • unpolished, unworked, unfashioned, unfinished, roughhewn, homespun, formless, shapeless, amorphous, crude, patchy, sketchy, cursory, rudimentary, vague, approximate, hasty.
  • violent, fierce, furious, severe, intense, rigorous, harsh, tough, agitated, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, choppy, raging, wild.

Rough Synonyms in Noun Form

  • sketch, draft, outline, layout, skeleton.

Rough Synonym Links: sketch, draft, outline, skeleton,

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