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Meaning of rough | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

ɹʌf

Definitions

A surname.
The unmowed part of a golf course.
Not smooth; uneven
A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished
A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
Turbulent
The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
Difficult; trying
A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
Crude; unrefined
Boisterous weather.
obsolete
A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.

Equivalents

العربية خشن في العراء

Беларуская грубы

Български бурен грапав груб неприятен неравен суров труден

Bosanski grob kasar rude rudo vojničina војничина

Català aproximat aspre complicat difícil dur quasi rude tosc

Čeština bouřlivý Hrubý neomalený nepříjemný surový

Deutsch grob Rau roh Rough

Ελληνικά αγριάνθρωπος

Esperanto malglata

Español aproximado aproximativo áspero bravo casi complicado difícil duro rudo rugoso tosco turbulento

فارسی خشن زبر زمخت

Suomi aallokkoinen alustava hahmotella karhea karheikko kärkeä kouluttaa kova kovakourainen kuoppainen luonnostella raffi rosoinen väkivaltainen

Français agité approximatif Brouillon Brut brutal difficile dur ébaucher faire un brouillon grossier impoli rough rough rude rugueux rustre turbulent

Gaeilge amhchaoin eascaoin garbh

Galego acaroado arrevesado áspero barullento carizolo enfesto esgrevio esmo rude taleigán

Hrvatski grob kasar rude rudo vojničina војничина

Magyar durva egyenetlen érdes faragatlan hozzávetőleges kemény műveletlen nehéz nyers zord

Bahasa Indonesia kasar

Italiano approssimato difficile mosso rude rugoso ruvido scabro

日本語あらラフ凸凹な大体粗い粗大粗野絁野麤

ქართული მიახლოებითი

한국어 荒 거칠다 겉- 막

Kurdî agîte bravo dur dûr nehez

Latina asper difficilis impolitus rudis turbulentus

Latviešu ass negluds raupjš rupjš

Te Reo Māori tuke

Македонски груб

မြန်မာဘာသာ ကြမ်း

Nederlands ruig ruw

Polski chropowaty kużel szorstki zgrubny

Português aproximado áspero difícil duro grosseiro tosco turbulento

Română aspru brut dur

Русский бурный грубый жесткий приблизи́тельный приме́рный суро́вый трудный тяжелый черновой шероховатый

Slovenčina Hrubý

Slovenščina grob

Српски grob kasar rude rudo vojničina војничина

Svenska ojämn ruff

తెలుగు కష్టమైన సుమారు

Türkçe kaba pürtüklü topur

Українська грубий

Tiếng Việt 樸

Examples

“In Wellington Street my brother met a couple of sturdy roughs, who had just rushed out of Fleet Street with still wet newspapers and staring placards. "Dreadful catastrophe!" they bawled one to the other down Wellington Street. "Fighting at Weybridge!"”

“In calms you fish; in roughs use songs and dances.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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