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Meaning of roughness


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  roughness
      n 1: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is
           irregular and uneven [syn: {roughness}, {raggedness}] [ant:
           {smoothness}]
      2: the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating)
         to the senses [syn: {harshness}, {roughness}]
      3: an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier
         dwellings depressed her" [syn: {crudeness}, {roughness}]
      4: used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather [syn:
         {choppiness}, {roughness}, {rough water}]
      5: rowdy behavior [syn: {rowdiness}, {rowdyism}, {roughness},
         {disorderliness}]
      6: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of
         corrosion [syn: {pitting}, {roughness}, {indentation}]
      7: harsh or severe speech or behavior; "men associate the
         roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with
         masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to
         keep quiet"


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