Rough
Uneven
Synonyms: Uneven, bumpy, rocky, rugged, craggy, pitted, coarse, scratchy, shaggy, hirsute, fuzzy, knotty, knobbly, nodulous, dry, weather-beaten, chafed, scaly, furfuraceous, irregular, stony, broken, jaggy, rutted, rutty, bristly, prickly, hairy, bushy, gnarled, lumpy, nodular, nodose, leathery, chapped, calloused, and scabrous.
Violent
Synonyms: Violent, vicious, belligerent, thuggish, rowdy, unruly, wild, undisciplined, ugly, careless, inept, boorish, oafish, coarse, uncouth, roughcast, unrefined, ungentlemanly, ill-bred, unmannerly, churlish, uncivil, rude, blunt, harsh, tough, sharp, severe, unjust, unfeeling, nasty, unkind, inconsiderate, savage, extreme, brutal, aggressive, pugnacious, boisterous, disorderly, unrestrained, riotous, unmanageable, radge, clumsy, unskilful, loutish, brutish, crude, rough-hewn, vulgar, unladylike, uncultured, ill-mannered, impolite, discourteous, ungracious, brusque, curt, hard, stern, abrasive, unfair, unrelenting, insensitive, cruel, unsympathetic, heartless, and merciless.
Turbulent
Synonyms: Turbulent, storm-tossed, violent, heaving, choppy, rolly, squally, rainy, blustery, filthy, inclement, disagreeable, stormy, tempestuous, heavy, raging, agitated, wild, wet, windy, foul, nasty, and unpleasant.
Plain
Synonyms: Plain, simple, rustic, crude, spartan, basic, rough and ready, rude, primitive, and uncomfortable.
Preliminary
Synonyms: Preliminary, quick, cursory, crude, rough and ready, unpolished, incomplete, uncompleted, hasty, sketchy, basic, rudimentary, raw, unrefined, and unfinished.
Gruff
Synonyms: Gruff, harsh, raspy, throaty, guttural, discordant, grating, strident, unmusical, unmelodious, hoarse, rasping, husky, gravelly, raucous, cacophonous, jarring, dissonant, and inharmonious.
Sharp-tasting
Approximate
Synonyms: Approximate, estimated, coarse-grained, general, ballpark, inexact, imprecise, vague, and hazy.
Difficult
Ill
Synonyms: Ill, poorly, out of sorts, not oneself, queasy, nauseated, liverish, run down, faint, giddy, off, under the weather, not up to par, peculiar, rotten, terrible, crummy, ropy, peely-wally, seedy, peakish, unwell, bad, indisposed, sick, nauseous, peaky, green around the gills, washed out, dizzy, light-headed, off colour, below par, funny, lousy, awful, dreadful, grotty, wabbit, crook, and peaked.
Ruffian
Synonyms: Ruffian, lout, hoodlum, bully boy, larrikin, roughneck, gorilla, yob, bovver boy, chav, keelie, roughie, thug, hooligan, rowdy, brawler, tough, bruiser, yahoo, yobbo, lager lout, radge, and ned.
Preliminary sketch
Example Sentences
The road was very rough today.
She has a rough exterior personality.
His hands felt rough and calloused.
The rough sea made sailing difficult.