Meaning of roughness In English

• 0 the quality of not being even or smooth, often because of being in bad condition:

  • The roughness of the roads is the biggest danger to tyres.

  • the roughness of his skin

• 1 the quality of not being gentle:

  • Kids still play tag at his school but no roughness is allowed.

  • The roughness of the area put off many buyers.

• 2 a loud, unpleasant quality in a sound, often one that suggests something is damaged:

  • There was no roughness to her voice.

  • Roughness suggests engine failure.

• 3 the quality of not being exact or detailed or not in a final form:

  • the roughness of the images

  • the roughness of the furniture

• 4 (of the sea or the weather) the quality of having strong winds or big waves:

  • They were unaffected by the roughness of the sea.