Dictionary definition · roughness
noun
- a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
- an unpolished unrefined quality"the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
- used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
- rowdy behavior
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- harsh or severe speech or behavior"men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).