rough

/rʌf/ adjective

Translation

NOT SMOOTH › A rough surface is not smooth.

pürüzlü, pütürlü, engebeli

rough hands rough ground1940

APPROXIMATE › approximate

kabaca, yaklaşık, şöyle böyle, takribi, aşağı yukarı

a rough estimate Can you give me a rough idea of the cost?1894

FORCEFUL › If the sea or weather is rough, there is a lot of strong wind and sometimes rain.

(deniz, hava) sert, rüzgarlı, kaba dalgalı, fırtınalı

The boat sank in rough seas off the Swedish coast.15131521

ILL [never before noun] UK › ill

keyifsiz, rahatsız, bozuk, pek iyi hissetmeyen

I feel a bit rough after last night.574

DIFFICULT › difficult or unpleasant

güç, çetin, sıkıntılı zor, nahoş

She's having a rough time at work.1785

DANGEROUS › dangerous or violent

tehlikeli ve şiddetli; riskli

a rough part of town Hockey can be quite a rough game.994

NOT PERFECT › quickly done and not perfect

kaba saba yapılmış, derme çatma yapılmış

These are just rough sketches.1788

rough and ready › produced quickly without preparation

aceleyle yapılmış, özen gösterilmemiş, yasak savma kabilinden

1914 › not very polite or well-educated

kaba, eğitimsiz, görgüsüz, sıradan

1788

roughness noun [U] ›

sert ve pürüzlü olması, tehlikeli, kaba saba

(Definition of rough adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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