hassle
scuffle
tussle
dogfight rough-and-tumble | disorderly fighting |
rough-legged hawk
roughleg
Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
rough-skinned newt
Taricha granulosa | newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California |
rough green snake
Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
| rough fish | any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait |
| draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
| rough cut | the first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
| rough | the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
| Rough Rider | a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War () |
| rough-leaved aster | a variety of aster |
| rough-stemmed goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
green bristlegrass
green foxtail
rough bristlegrass
bottle-grass
bottle grass
Setaria viridis | European foxtail naturalized in North America, often a troublesome weed |
rough bindweed
Smilax aspera | creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers, Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India |
singletary pea
Caley pea
rough pea
wild winterpea
Lathyrus hirsutus | a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States, cultivated as a cover and pasture crop |
scouring rush
rough horsetail
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetum hyemale robustum
Equisetum robustum | evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems, formerly used for scouring utensils |
hard time
rough sledding | a difficulty that can be overcome with effort, we had a hard time getting here, analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers |
| choppiness roughness rough water | used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather |
| rough-dry | dry without smoothing or ironing, rough-dry the laundry |
rough-hew
roughcast | hew roughly, without finishing the surface, rough-hew stone or timber |
| rough-sand | sand roughly, rough-sand the door before painting it |
| rough up | treat violently, The police strong-armed the suspect |
rough in
rough rough out | prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
| rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner |
pugnacious
rough | ready and able to resort to force or violence, pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville, they were rough and determined fighting men |
angered
enraged
furious
infuriated
maddened | marked by extreme anger, the enraged bull attached, furious about the accident, a furious scowl, infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy, could not control the maddened crowd |
| rough-haired | having hair that feels rough |
grating
gravelly
rasping
raspy
rough
scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound, a gravelly voice |
angry
furious
raging
tempestuous
wild | (of the elements) as if showing violent anger, angry clouds on the horizon, furious winds, the raging sea |
boisterous
fierce
rough | violently agitated and turbulent, boisterous winds and waves, the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound, rough weather, rough seas |
| uncut rough | not shaped by cutting or trimming, an uncut diamond, rough gemstones |
rocky
rough | full of hardship or trials, the rocky road to success, they were having a rough time |
| brutal | disagreeably direct and precise, he spoke with brutal honesty |
| rough-and-ready | crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
approximate
approximative
rough | not quite exact or correct, the approximate time wa o'clock, a rough guess, a ballpark estimate |
roughhewn
rough-cut | of stone or timber, shaped roughly without finishing |
barbarous
brutal cruel fell
roughshod
savage
vicious | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering, a barbarous crime, brutal beatings, cruel tortures, Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks, a savage slap, vicious kicks |
beastly
bestial
brute(a)
brutish
brutal | resembling a beast, showing lack of human sensibility, beastly desires, a bestial nature, brute force, a dull and brutish man, bestial treatment of prisoners |
harsh
rough | unkind or cruel or uncivil, had harsh words, a harsh and unlovable old tyrant, a rough answer |
pitiless
remorseless
ruthless
unpitying | without mercy or pity, an act of ruthless ferocity, a monster of remorseless cruelty |
brutal
unrelenting | harsh, the brutal summer sun, a brutal winter |
rough-and-tumble
bare-knuckle
bare-knuckled | characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules, a rough-and-tumble fight, rough-and-tumble politics, undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism |
| harsh rough | unpleasantly stern, wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus, the nomad life is rough and hazardous |
| rough | not perfected, a rough draft, a few rough sketches |
coarse
common
rough-cut
uncouth
vulgar | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste, he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind, behavior that branded him as common, an untutored and uncouth human being, an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy, appealing to the vulgar taste for violence, the vulgar display of the newly rich |
| rough | (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse, she was a diamond in the rough, rough manners |
| rough-spoken | rude or uncouth in speech |
| crude rough | not carefully or expertly made, managed to make a crude splint, a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them, rough carpentry |
rough
unsmooth | having or caused by an irregular surface, trees with rough bark, rough ground, rough skin, rough blankets, his unsmooth face |
textured
rough-textured
coarse-textured | having surface roughness, a textured wall of stucco, a rough-textured tweed |
rough rocky
bumpy
jolty
jolting
jumpy | causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements, a rough ride |