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roughness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | harshness |
| Type of | unpleasantness |
| Has types | huskiness, hoarseness, gruffness |
| Derivation | rough |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disorderliness, rowdiness, rowdyism |
| Type of | disorder |
| Derivation | rough |
roughness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | choppiness, rough water |
| Type of | storminess |
| Derivation | rough |
roughness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | raggedness |
| Type of | texture |
| Has types | bumpiness, burl, coarseness, spininess, bristliness, prickliness, scaliness, scratchiness, shagginess, slub, graininess, granularity, abrasiveness, harshness, tweediness, thorniness, knot, nubbiness |
| Derivation | rough |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crudeness |
| Type of | inelegance |
| Derivation | rough |
roughness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | indentation, pitting |
| Type of | erosion, corrosion, corroding |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | intensification |
men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity.
the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet.
Examples of roughness
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Saints fans wanted Fairly to be penalized for unnecessary roughness on the play.
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The roughness of coral surfaces is the key to coral survival in agitated waters.
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Robertson's reading started out big and brash, and devolved into noisy roughness.
From the stltoday.com
Orange juice markedly decreased hardness and increased roughness of tooth enamel.
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He sings with honest enthusiasm and growls with a new roughness here and there.
From the washingtontimes.com
Coachella music is only divisible by roughness and sheen, the raw and the cooked.
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It used to be a game of skills, teamwork, and obeying the rules, not roughness.
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Kelly was penalized for unnecessary roughness when he pushed back after the play.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Surface roughness in micrometer range influences the specular reflectance levels.
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- A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- Harshness: the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
- Crudeness: an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
- Choppiness: used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
- Rowdiness: rowdy behavior
- Pitting: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- Harsh or severe speech or behavior; "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
- The perceived roughness of a sound is simply how rough it sounds. In an experiment to measure and compare the roughness of different sounds, listeners are presented with different sounds and asked to rate their roughness, for example on a rating scale.
- The property of being rough, coarseness
