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Definition of roughness

"roughness" in the noun sense

1. roughness, raggedness

a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

2. harshness, roughness

the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

3. crudeness, roughness

an unpolished unrefined quality

"the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"

4. choppiness, roughness, rough water

used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

5. rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderliness

rowdy behavior

6. pitting, roughness, indentation

the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

7. roughness

harsh or severe speech or behavior

"men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"

"the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"

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Quotations for roughness

Roughness may turn one's humor, but flattery one's stomach. [ Proverb ]

Not all the pumice of the polish'd town
Can smooth the roughness of the barnyard clown; Rich, honor'd, titled, he betrays his race
By this one mark - he's awkward in his face. [ Holmes ]

A man that is fit to make a friend of, must have conduct to manage the engagement, and resolution to maintain it; he must use freedom without roughness, and oblige without design. [ Jeremy Collier ]

Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim, the very roughness only stimulates the climber to steadier and steadier steps, till that legend of the rough places fulfills itself at last, per aspera ad astra, over steep ways to the stars. [ Bishop W. C. Doane ]

Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim, the very roughness only stimulates the climber to steadier and steadier steps, till that legend of the rough places fulfills itself at last, "per aspera ad astra", over steep ways to the stars. [ Bishop W. C. Doane ]

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roughness in Scrabble®

The word roughness is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters roughness:

ROUGHNESS
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

engross, grouses, gushers, hungers, roughen, shoguns, surgeon, unhorse

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word roughness

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In roughness

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roughness in Words With Friends™

The word roughness is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters roughness:

ROUGHNESS
(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

engross, grouses, gushers, hungers, roughen, shoguns, surgeon, unhorse

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word roughness

ROUGHNESS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In roughness

ROUGHNESS
(225)
ROUGHNESS
(126)
ROUGHNESS
(114)
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Words containing the sequence roughness

Words that start with roughness (1 word)

roughness

Words with roughness in them (1 word)

roughness

Words that end with roughness (2 words)

roughnessthoroughness
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Word Growth involving roughness

Shorter words in roughness

ess

ugh rough

Longer words containing roughness

thoroughness