roughness - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

harsh or severe speech or behavior

Synonyms

• roughness

More generic

• intensification

Noun

an unpolished unrefined quality

Synonyms

• crudeness
• roughness

More generic

• inelegance

Noun

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

Synonyms

• raggedness
• roughness

More generic

• texture

Opposite / Antonyms

• smoothness

More specific

• abrasiveness
• bristliness
• bumpiness
• burl
• coarseness
• graininess
• granularity
• harshness
• knot
• nubbiness
• prickliness
• scaliness
• scratchiness
• shagginess
• slub
• spininess
• thorniness
• tweediness

Noun

the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

Synonyms

• harshness
• roughness

More generic

• unpleasantness

More specific

• gruffness
• hoarseness
• huskiness

Noun

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

Synonyms

• indentation
• pitting
• roughness

More generic

• corroding
• corrosion
• erosion

Noun

rowdy behavior

Synonyms

• disorderliness
• roughness
• rowdiness
• rowdyism

More generic

• disorder

Noun

used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

Synonyms

• choppiness
• rough water
• roughness

More generic

• storminess

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