roughness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roughness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for roughness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roughness n a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven Synonym(s): roughness, raggedness Antonym(s): smoothness the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses Synonym(s): harshness, roughness an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" Synonym(s): crudeness, roughness used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather Synonym(s): choppiness, roughness, rough water rowdy behavior Synonym(s): rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderliness the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion Synonym(s): pitting, roughness, indentation 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roughness \Rough"ness\, n. The quality or state of being rough.