Synonyms: roughness
Definition: harsh or severe speech or behavior
Usage: men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity; the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet
Similar words: intensification
Definition: action that makes something stronger or more extreme
Synonyms: crudeness, roughness
Definition: an unpolished unrefined quality
Usage: the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
Similar words: inelegance
Definition: the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
Synonyms: roughness, raggedness
Definition: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Similar words: texture
Definition: the feel of a surface or a fabric
Usage: the wall had a smooth texture
Synonyms: harshness, roughness
Definition: the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
Similar words: unpleasantness
Definition: the quality of giving displeasure
Usage: the recent unpleasantness of the weather
Synonyms: pitting, roughness, indentation
Definition: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Synonyms: roughness, rowdiness, rowdyism, disorderliness
Definition: rowdy behavior
Similar words: disorder
Definition: a disturbance of the peace or of public order
Synonyms: rough water, roughness, choppiness
Definition: used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Similar words: storminess
Definition: the state of being stormy
Usage: he dreaded the storminess of the North Atlantic in winter