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How to sign: having or caused by an irregular surface
"trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing";
See also: coarse, irregular, nonslippery, uneven, unironed, unpolished, wrinkled
Similiar / Same: unsmooth
How to sign: not quite exact or correct
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate";
Similiar / Same: approximate, approximative
How to sign: ready and able to resort to force or violence
"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men";
Similiar / Same: pugnacious
How to sign: unpleasantly stern
"wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous";
Similiar / Same: harsh
