Word "ROUGH" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
unpleasantly stern
Synonyms:
harsh
Examples:
the nomad life is rough and hazardous

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
violently agitated and turbulent
Synonyms:
boisterous, fierce
Examples:
rough weather
rough seas

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
ready and able to resort to force or violence
Synonyms:
pugnacious
Examples:
they were rough and determined fighting men

Crossword Clues for ROUGH

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Clue Source Date
Uneven The Telegraph Mini 03 Sep 2025
Opposite of 'smooth' (5) Puzzler 02 Sep 2025
Word before "house" to refer to a violent disturbance, and something that's not actually a house
Golf course part New York Times 01 Aug 2025
Coarse The Telegraph Quick 31 Jul 2025
Dogs bark loudly, it's rude
Long grass beside a golf fairway (5)
Hooligan feeling unwell
Uneven thing put round the neck, we hear (5)
Endless shortage of water is harsh The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Jul 2025
Unrefined Thomas Joseph 26 Jun 2025
Uncut grass on a golf course (5) Mirror Classic 17 Jun 2025
Uneven thing worn around the neck, reportedly (5)
Crude projecting frill so to speak (5)
Alan. , 1976-1986 Scotland and 1982-1988 Hibernian goalkeeper (5)
Part of the course when under par?
Not smooth but with alternative returning - yuk! (5)
Severe depression doing head in
Heard neckwear's uncomfortable? The Telegraph Toughie 06 May 2025
Not smooth The Telegraph Plusword 05 May 2025
Uneven The Telegraph Quick 28 Apr 2025
With 34 and 55-Across, a little unrefined ... or a description of this grid (see unclued answers)
Like a cat's tongue USA Today 08 Apr 2025
Coarse, uneven (5)
Horseplay, ... and tumble
Pronounoed stiff collar is scratchy (5)
See 6 Across The Guardian Cryptic 28 Mar 2025
Long grass on a golf course Mirror Classic 22 Mar 2025
Finally Victor Hugo resorts to being violent (5)
*Uneven or coarse surface that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 34a and 47a, but does not rhyme
"Oh my friend, you haven't changed/ You're looking _ _ _ _ _ and living strange", from The Libertines' "Don't Look Back Into The Sun" (5)
Starched collar sounded uncomfortable to wear The Times Quick Cryptic 28 Feb 2025
Unshaven hooligan (5)
Where a bad lie, of course, is approximate? (5)
Longer grass beside the fairway on a golf course (5)
A collar, we hear, that's scratchy (5)
Irregular depression, after tee off (5)
Approximate golf inconvenience (5)
It's harsh in the grip of drought (5)
Part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short (5)
Wild and woolly Mirror Classic 31 Dec 2024
Coarse The Times Concise 27 Dec 2024
Would a thug get such justice? (5)
Coarse-textured Commuter 12 Dec 2024
Coarse in texture Mirror Tea Time 22 Nov 2024
Word before "house" to refer to a violent disturbance, and something that's not actually a house
Long grass in golf Mirror Classic 19 Nov 2024
Aggressive golfers don't want to be in it (5)
Coarse, scratchy (5)
Part of a golf course bordering the fairway (5)
Draft version, a ... plan
The thug can mean trouble for the golfer (5)
Violent brother scratching head? That's disgusting The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Oct 2024
Canadian band, ___ Trade
Crude type of frill, from what we hear (5) Puzzler Cryptic 13 Oct 2024
Raspy medium-sized wading bird is heard (5)
Long grass on a golf course Mirror Classic 06 Oct 2024
Coarse oldfashioned neckwear, we hear (5)
Such luck makes things difficult for golfers (5)
Approximate The Times Concise 13 Sep 2024
Trump caught in a bad lie, perhaps
Texture that's harsh or bumpy, like a tree's bark
Neckwear said to be coarse (5)
Like sandpaper
Unmown area on a golf course (5)
Uneven New York Times 07 Aug 2024
Tough partner
Area of long grass bordering the fairway on a golf course. (5)
Soldiers knocked over - that's horrible part of course
Coarse in part of the course (5)
Like the incompetent golfer's luck?
Turbulent Newsday 26 May 2024
Uneven circle of feathers by the sound of it (5)
Imprecise, as an estimate Wall Street Journal 15 May 2024
Crude unfinished
Crude ending of Victor Hugo novel
Approximate ... texture of elm leaf 's hairy surface (5)
Crude type of frill, from what we hear (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Apr 2024
The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short (5)
Approximate The Guardian Quick 09 Apr 2024
Like 30 Across in bad weather? (5)
Lousy, aggressive golf shot could land here (5)
PlusWord No 671
Coarse The Telegraph Quick 08 Mar 2024
*Uneven or coarse surface that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 34a and 47a, but does not rhyme
Thick grass alongside fairway (5)
Thick grass alongside fairway The Guardian Quick 01 Mar 2024
Approximate The Telegraph Quick 21 Feb 2024
Coarse neckwear, it's said (5)
Hooligan on the golf course (5)
Poor quality
Coarse skin on rhino, yuk! (5)
Far from soft Elizabethan collar, it's reported (5) Puzzler Cryptic 27 Dec 2023
Far from soft Elizabethan collar, it's reported (5) Puzzler Cryptic 21 Dec 2023
Not even slightly unwell (5)
Trump sounding coarse
Uneven grating below par The Telegraph Toughie 14 Nov 2023
Harsh (5) Puzzler 12 Nov 2023
Unrefined New York Times 31 Aug 2023
*Far from smooth (rhymes with "stuff")
Like sandpaper USA Today 11 Apr 2023
Not at all smooth Newsday 31 Jan 2023
Bumpy, as a road Newsday 23 Jan 2023
Bumpy, as a road Newsday 12 Dec 2022
Approximate The Telegraph Quick 27 Nov 2022
With 38- and 49-Across, unrefined, and a hint to what can precede this puzzle’s border words Wall Street Journal 16 Nov 2022
Crude sketch of bird, we're told The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Oct 2022
Unrefined rot mostly: that’s disgusting! The Times Cryptic 06 Oct 2022
Coarse to suggest when?
Bumpy USA Today 11 Jul 2022
Depression, after initially fading, is difficult The Times Cryptic 28 Apr 2022
Like a sandpaper
Where a slice might go New York Times 05 Oct 2021
Allegedly, Trump's vulgar
Like stubble USA Today 20 Jul 2021
Sketch; coarse The Guardian Speedy 04 Jul 2021
Difficult The Washington Post 03 Jul 2021
Difficult LA Times Daily 03 Jul 2021
In draft form New York Times 27 Jun 2021
Collar said to be unfinished
Sandpapery USA Today 18 May 2021
Picked up band of feathers that's uneven
Say, collar a thug 
“My parents kept me from children who were ____” (Stephen Spender) The Times Specialist Sunday 28 Feb 2021
Coarse The Telegraph Quick 02 Feb 2021
Smooth antonym The Washington Post Sunday 10 Jan 2021
Golfer's "tall stuff" LA Times Daily 20 Dec 2020
Golfer's 'tall stuff' The Washington Post 20 Dec 2020
Not smooth, even or regular Irish Times Simplex 10 Nov 2020
Hooligan appeared, carrying nude The Telegraph Toughie 23 Oct 2020
Like some drafts USA Today 24 Jun 2020
Like a difficult patch
The long grass on a golf course Irish Times Simplex 24 Apr 2020
Crude old carpet's acquired, useful to cover study
Makeshift neckwear by the sound of it
Not at all smooth
Like many drafts Universal 25 Sep 2019
Errant drive's destination USA Today 16 Sep 2019
*Hard time Universal 31 Jul 2019
Total dry spells with no DTs can be hazy
Uneven grating below par
A ____ Diamond Canadiana 22 Apr 2019
Approximate area of golf course
Like many drafts
*Hard time
Errant drive's destination
Harsh depression doing head in
Like some sandpaper Universal 18 Oct 2018
Uneven, irregular The Times Concise 15 Oct 2018
Approximate The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2018
Hairy hooligan The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2018
Approximate The Times Concise 19 Aug 2018
Raucous sound of bird
Approximate location of misdirected golf ball?
Estimated The Times Concise 18 Feb 2018
It's hard returning or saying something disgusting Irish Times Crosaire 06 Feb 2018
Fairway adjoiner The Washington Post 07 Jan 2018
Fairway adjoiner LA Times Daily 07 Jan 2018
Fairway adjoiner
Like some sandpaper
Wild bird called out
Far from smooth Universal 13 Jun 2017
Limitless dry period is hard
Far from smooth
Destination of many a sliced drive USA Today 08 Dec 2016
In need of sanding Newsday 09 Nov 2016
Like stormy seas LA Times Daily 07 Oct 2016
Rambunctious Canadiana 19 Sep 2016
Still in draft form New York Times 16 Aug 2016
Hooligan showing frog's entrails — that's disgusting The Times Cryptic 17 Jun 2016
Hooligan showing frog's entrails — that's disgusting
Severe unlimited water shortage
Homonym for ruff Canadiana 23 May 2016
Hooligan in area that driver tries to avoid The Telegraph Cryptic 01 May 2016
Turbulent, as seas The Washington Post 04 Apr 2016
Still in draft form
Destination of many a sliced drive
Like stormy seas
Abrasive LA Times Daily 27 Oct 2015
Crude first remark to finish with an exclamation of disgust
Bumpy New York Times 03 Sep 2015
Harsh Eugene Sheffer 15 Aug 2015
It's hard to review or say something is disgusting Irish Times Crosaire 25 May 2015
Long grass, of course
It's hard to recoil or say something is disgusting Irish Times Crosaire 14 Jan 2015
Bumpy
Abrasive
Golf course area
Fairway boundary
Uneven, as a road
Like rocky roads
With 21- and 25-Down, lacking refinement ... like this puzzle's grid?
Like some sketches
Turbulent
Like Teddy's Riders
It's not nice to be harsh
Fairway boundary
Golf course hazard
Bumpy
Sandpaper-like
Not at all smooth
Like life on the street
Fairway boundary
Trying
Like sandpaper
Golf-course area
Difficult
Difficult
Sandpapery
Unpolished
Jagged
Hardly like a walk in the park
Unpolished
Fairway flanker
Approximate
Fairway border
Golfer's concern
Unedited
It might make a bad lie
Fairway border
Golfer's concern
Ill-mannered
Violent
Tiger Woods tries to stay out of it
Like life on the street
Like a first draft
Like sandpaper
Duffer's milieu
Diamond in the ___
Ready partner
Sandpapery
Links area
Coarse
Fairway boundary
Sandpapery
Characterized by violence
Fairway neighbor
It might make a bad lie
Unrefined
Unrefined
Uneven
Turbulent, as seas
Place for a niblick
Crude
Links area
Duffers' milieu
Like chapped hands
Indelicate
Golfer's milieu at times
Part of a golf course.
Abrasive.
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