ROUGHNESS, n. ruf'ness. 1. Unevenness of surface, occasioned by small prominences; asperity of surface; as the roughness of a board, of a floor, or of a rock.2. Austereness to the taste; as the roughness of sloes.3. Taste of astringency.4. Harshness to the ear; as the roughness of sounds.5. Ruggedness of temper; harshness; austerity.6. Coarseness of manners or behavior; rudeness.Severity breedeth fear; but roughness breedeth hate.7. Want of delicacy or refinement; as military roughness.8. Severity; harshness or violence of discipline.9. Violence of operation in medicines.10. Unpolished or unfinished state; as the roughness of a gem or a draught.11. Inelegance of dress or appearance.12. Tempestuousness; boisterousness; as of winds or weather.13. Violent agitation by wind; as the roughness of the sea in a storm.14. Coarseness of features.
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