rough
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3.0
- adjective
- /rʌf/
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- The summer of 1895 was a rough one for Spring Valley residents.
- a rough time
- rough treatment
- rough seas
So it's been a rough year for books.
- So it's been a rough year for books.
- And also, this is a very rough, scary place.
- So I grew up in a pretty rough situation.
- So I think August will remain a rough month for the GOP.
- I mean, long breakups are rough, but you see them coming.
- It's been a little rough, I'm not gonna lie.
- Nothing helps you get through a rough time like a good sick joke.
- Things have been pretty rough recently with my mental health.
- So it's going to be rough for those who don't change.
- Oh, man, it's, it was pretty rough, very big in.
- You know, politics is is a rough, rough business.
- Holly has had a really, really rough time of things as we learn.
- But I was going through my roughest time ever in business.
- He's had a really rough six years since a very bad breakup.
Examples
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So it's been a rough past couple days.
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She has been down some very rough roads for someone so young.
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So it's been a rough year for books.
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So I grew up in a pretty rough situation.
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So anyway, it has just been a rough week having people out.
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I had just gone through a pretty rough period of changing.
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Things have been pretty rough recently with my mental health.
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The fact is that it has been particularly rough on us in Washington recently.
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I mean, the last year's been rough on nurses, really rough.
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This has been a rough time for many families due to the pandemic.
Synonyms
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1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
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2.6
Hard to do or understand and needing a lot of effort
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4.2
Very harsh and severe, causing great difficulty or pain
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2.9
Very severe and demanding, making life or work difficult, for example very bad weather
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4.2
A time or situation that has many problems
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6.3
Harsh and unfair treatment that hurts people
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4.2
Serious and unfriendly so people feel afraid to approach
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Idioms
Compounds
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8.1
A soldier on horseback in the volunteer unit led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War
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8.8
A small salamander with rough skin that lives near streams on the Pacific coast
A climbing evergreen plant with spiny zigzag stems, shiny leaves, and pale green flowers
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A winter plant with weak stems that farmers use to cover soil and feed animals
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A thin bright green snake with rough scales that is harmless and lives in the southern and eastern United States
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An evergreen plant with rough, jointed stems that people use to scrub pans
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A North American plant that lives for many years with rough hairy leaves and purple daisy-like flowers
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A large Northern hawk with feathered legs that hunts small animals like mice
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A plant from North America with rough stems and small yellow flowers
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Etymology
Rough originally meant 'coarse' or harsh, from old English ruh, so it was used for sharp weather or hard things to live through. That's why we call difficult or severe times 'rough' experiences.