Dictionary

1. (

• roughness ,
• raggedness ,

) a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven ;

2. (

• harshness ,
• roughness ,

) the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses ;

3. (

• crudeness ,
• roughness ,

) an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" ;

4. (

• choppiness ,
• roughness ,
• rough_water

) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather ;

5. (

• rowdiness ,
• rowdyism ,
• roughness ,
• disorderliness ,

) rowdy behavior ;

6. (

• pitting ,
• roughness ,
• indentation

) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion ;

7. (

• roughness

) 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" ;