rough
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5.4
- adjective
- /rʌf/
- A man came out of a rough shelter, glanced at us, but said nothing.
- rough-and-tumble
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Watch on YouTubeI went to a pretty rough and tough elementary school.
- I went to a pretty rough and tough elementary school.
- You must have spiralled from your outside influences, Glasgow being rough and ready and full of drugs.
- And then got a little rough with her father who tried to kill his daughter.
- They love it to be as aggressive and, you know, as really, really rough or imposing as possible.
- He said because it'll be in Handsworth, which is rough area.
- I had about four fights with Scrap and Kelly and he's a rough guy.
- Were you that kid that wanted to play outside and do competitive sports and games and just like get rough and and tumble around?
- But here's what I would suggest is you volunteer for the roughest shift, which is generally going to be after midnight.
- So how do you if you get a rough deck hand?
- And I noticed that something about me is sometimes in prison to be a knife fight and people just you see them rough guys that turn white from it.
- Another man gave me a Elon Musk book Somebody, Oh, this was the roughest bro.
Examples
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And he is one rough old boy.
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The assumption from the start, he said, was that they were dealing with rough company.
Fiction book (1999) -
Like she plays rough, but fair.
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We have been sort of rough on him but he is kind of soft, if you know what I mean.
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I went to a pretty rough and tough elementary school.
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Look, I come from a pretty rough family that doesn't support you or your dreams.
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Must've been a rough game.
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No longer pink and shiny, their skin was rough from winter winds, wrinkled from the brutal western sun.
Fiction book (1991) -
There is movement and commotion all around him as Natives and militia fall into rough formation.
Fiction book (2002) -
The coach warned that the opposing team plays rough and will use aggressive tactics during the game.
Synonyms
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7.4
Acts violently to scare other people
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8.8
Quick to argue or fight, often over small things
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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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1
8.8
A small salamander with rough skin that lives near streams on the Pacific coast
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1
7.0
A large Northern hawk with feathered legs that hunts small animals like mice
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1
8.4
A thin bright green snake with rough scales that is harmless and lives in the southern and eastern United States
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1
9.6
An evergreen plant with rough, jointed stems that people use to scrub pans
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1
7.9
A plant from North America with rough stems and small yellow flowers
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
- Specialized
A North American plant that lives for many years with rough hairy leaves and purple daisy-like flowers
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Etymology
Rough began with old English ruh for 'coarse' and 'hard', which made it easy to use for people or places that are tough or ready for fights. That is why a 'rough' neighborhood means a place where people can be aggressive.