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roughness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'roughness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Roughness [ n.]
- The quality or state of being rough.

Meaning of 'roughness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . roughness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- harsh or severe speech or behavior
Example in sentence:
  • men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity;
  • the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet
Meaning (2):
- an unpolished unrefined quality
Example in sentence:
  • the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her

Nearby Words:

rouble rouche roue rouet rouge rouge dragon rougecroix rouged rough rough-footed

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