Definitions for roughness

Overview of noun roughness

The noun roughness has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (2) roughness, raggedness

(a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

2. (1) harshness, roughness

(the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses)

3. (1) crudeness, roughness

(an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her")

4. choppiness, roughness, rough water

(used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather)

5. rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderliness

(rowdy behavior)

6. pitting, roughness, indentation

(the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion)

7. roughness

(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")