roughness

(n) a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven raggedness,
(n) the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses harshness,
(n) an unpolished unrefined quality
- the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
crudeness,
(n) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather choppiness, rough water,
(n) rowdy behavior rowdiness, rowdyism, disorderliness,
(n) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion pitting, indentation,
(n) 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

raggedness harshness crudeness choppiness rough water rowdiness rowdyism disorderliness pitting indentation

smoothness

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