roughness

Examples

• All

• The child's roughness on the playground resulted in a few scraped knees and some tears.

• Girls are encouraged and rewarded for using "elegant" language, whereas boys are allowed more flexibility and roughness.

  Academic text (1997)

• Drinking and kind of roughness a little bit, but fun.

• For the first time in my life, I made love as an adult, without innocent explorations and with a desperate, hungry roughness.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I loved kissing him, loved his touch, his gentleness, then his roughness, and the simple fact that he was concerned about my pleasure as much as his own.

  Fiction book (2001)

• She expressed her disapproval with a roughness that surprised everyone in the room.

Synonyms

R

rudeness

vsroughness

27 1.8

Lack of politeness or respect for other people

includes that disrespect but adds physical wildness or lack of control

C

coarseness

vsroughness

2 6.4

Rudeness or crude behavior that shows little politeness

is less about manners and more about physical lack of gentleness

C

crudity

vsroughness

• NSFW

1 8.1

Rude words or actions that show little respect for other people

stresses unruly physical action and harsh manners beyond mere vulgarity

R

rowdiness

vsroughness

1 4.5

Noisy, rough behavior that causes trouble

focuses on lack of gentleness and restraint rather than only noise

G

gruffness

vsroughness

1 6.6

A rough, unfriendly way of speaking or acting

is broader, covering rough behaviour and lack of restraint as well

C

crudeness

vsroughness

• NSFW

1 6.3

Rude, vulgar, or insensitive behaviour that upsets people

focuses more on rough conduct and absence of restraint than vulgarity

U

unruliness

vsroughness

1 7.2

A tendency to be difficult to control and to disobey rules

adds physical harshness and lack of restraint to that uncontrollability

U

ungentleness

vsroughness

1 8.2

A harsh, unkind way of speaking or acting

applies that harshness specifically to uncontrolled actions and manners

R

rowdyism

vsroughness

7.9

Loud, rude actions that cause trouble for other people

highlights absence of gentleness and control rather than crowd noise

D

disorderliness

vsroughness

6.0

Noisy actions by people who do not follow rules or order

adds the idea of harshness in actions and manners beyond disorder

B

brutishness

vsroughness

• Offensive

7.8

Being cruel and showing little kindness

overlaps in harshness but adds uncontrolled rowdy action rather than cruelty

Antonyms

R

restraint

122 4.8

The ability to control your feelings and actions

O

orderliness

3 3.6

A way of keeping things neat and in the right place

How Disorderly

lawlessness

22 6.5

riotous

2 7.9

roughness

2 3.9

boisterousness

1 7.1

mischief

34 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology