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rough
/rʌf/ adjectiveDefinition
NOT SMOOTH › A rough surface is not smooth: rough hands rough ground
APPROXIMATE › approximate: a rough estimate Can you give me a rough idea of the cost?
FORCEFUL › If the sea or weather is rough, there is a lot of strong wind and sometimes rain: The boat sank in rough seas off the Swedish coast.
ILL [never before noun] UK › ill: I feel a bit rough after last night.
DIFFICULT › difficult or unpleasant: She's having a rough time at work.
DANGEROUS › dangerous or violent: a rough part of town Hockey can be quite a rough game.
NOT PERFECT › quickly done and not perfect: These are just rough sketches.
roughness noun [U] (Definition of rough adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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