What is another word for rougher?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈʌfə] (IPA)

The word "rougher" refers to something that is not smooth or even. There are several synonyms for the word that can be used to express the same meaning. Some of these synonyms include rugged, jagged, coarse, uneven, bumpy, harsh or abrasive. These words convey a sense of roughness or unevenness in texture, surface, or appearance. For instance, a rugged landscape would have rocks, hills, and cliffs that are not smooth. A jagged metal edge would be uneven and sharp to the touch. Coarse sandpaper is abrasive and rough, which can be used to sand rough surfaces. Similarly, words like bumpy, harsh, and uneven can also describe things that are not smooth or even.

Usage examples for Rougher

Perhaps these men, whom she heard had come from manufacturing centres, were a trifle rougher in their manners than her late guests; but the intention of civility and rude chivalry was no less sincere.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
We are delighted to welcome into the brotherhood of real poets a countryman of Burns, and whose verse will go far to render the rougher Border Scottish a classic dialect in our literature.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
Though smaller wares were sold upon the spot used for the market, the rougher articles, such as cattle, were exposed to sale in what were then the out-streets.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton

Famous quotes with Rougher

  • No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, We perish'd, each alone; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulphs than he.
    William Cowper
  • No man ever enters into the feelings of a woman, let his kindness be what it may; they are too subtle and too delicate for a hand whose grasp is on "life's rougher things." They require that sorrow should find a voice ; now the most soothing sympathy is that which guesses the suffering without a question.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Related words: rough, rough terrain, rough roads, rough seas

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