Reverse Dictionary: ROUGH

ADJECTIVES
— ASPER — ASPRE rough, rugged → a1492 obs.
— BANGSTER rough, violent → 19C Sc.
— BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly → 1744
— BENSILING of persons: rough, awkward, overbearing → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
— BOISTOUS of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished → c1300 obs.
— BOISTOUS full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action → c1325 obs.
— BORREL rough, rude, clownish → Bk1911 Sc.
— BRASH hard, harsh, rough → 1868 US
— BRONCHO — BRONCO  wild, mean, rough → 1866 Amer. dial.
— BRUFF rough and blunt in manner → 1899 Amer. dial.
— BULLWHACKING full of rough activity → 1941 Amer. dial.
— BUTCH strong, powerful, rough, rugged → 1987 colloq.
— BUTCHERLY inflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; barbarous; bloody; of a blow or stroke: violent, rough → 1528
— CABBA-CABBA rough, vulgar, badly dressed → 1990s W. Indies
— CARLISH churlish, rough → 1806 Sc.
— CHURLY churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent → 1620 rare
— CRAGGED rugged, rough → 1400
— CRAGGLY hard and rough or rugged in form → 1886
— CRAGGY hard and rough or rugged in form → 1568
— DASHY rough and indistinct → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
— DERF of things: hard, rough → 1804 Sc.
— EARTHLY rough, austere → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
— GRAFF rough, sturdy, short, thickset → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
— GROADY rough or noisy → Bk1969 US students’ sl.
— GROFF large, thick, rough, coarse → 1892 Sc.
— HAGARIAN oafish, uncouth, rough → 1940s W. Indies sl.
— HAGER ugly, deformed, rough → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— HAGGLIE — HAGGLY rough, unevenly cut → 1825 Sc.
— HAIRY crude, clumsy, rough, erratic; frightening, hair-raising → 1848
— HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— HARD CUT rough, tough, hard-living → 1962 Can. sl.
— HASK rough and hard to the touch or taste, esp. from the absence of moisture; coarse and dry → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
— HASKY harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding → 1848 Eng. dial.
— HEATHER-AND-DUB rough, as the voice → 1883 Sc.  
— HETER — HETTER rough; fierce, violent, cruel; severe; keen, eager → a1400-50 obs.
— HICKORY rough, tough → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
— HOMMOCKY rough, uneven → B1900 Eng. dial.
— HUGGER-MUGGER rough and disorderly, confused → 1840
— IMPOLITE wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough → 1612 obs.
— IMPOLITED wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough → 1597 obs.
— IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
— KICK-ASS rough, aggressive, powerful → 1977 US sl.
— LAWE rough, violent, brutal → 1847 Eng. dial.
— LUNGEOUS of persons: cruel, vindictive, rough-mannered, violent → 1787 Eng. dial. 
— MICKEY DUFF — MICKY DUFF rough, unwell → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
— MISLUSHIOUS malicious, rough → 1721 Sc. obs.
— OBSCROPHULOUS — OBSTRIPEROUS — OBSTROPOLOUS obstreperous, noisy or rough and difficult to control → 1748 sl.
— OBSTROCULOUS — OBSTRUCULOUS obstreperous, noisy or rough and difficult to control → 1932 Aust. sl.
— RABBISH unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action → 1387 obs.
— RACKLE hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent → a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
— RAGABASH rough, uncouth, beggarly; good-for-nothing → 1818 Sc.
— RAGAMUFF rough, beggarly, good-for-nothing, disorderly → 1591 obs. rare
— RAGGED AS A MILE-IRON very rough and ragged → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— RAGGEDY ragged, rough, dishevelled → 1890 US sl.
— RAGGLISH — RAGLISH rough, boisterous → Bk1905 Sc.
— RAG-ROWSTERING — RAG-ROWTERING rough games, romps, rustic play → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— RAG TOUSILY rough, dishevelled → 1950 Sc.
— RAMBASKIOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner → 1825 Sc.
— RAMBASKISH uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner → 1825 Sc.
— RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner → 1825 Sc.
— RAMMELSOME rough, troublesome → 1864 Sc.
— RAMSHACKLE of persons: unkempt, untidy, rough → 1882 Sc.
— RAMSTAGEOUS rough, coarse, uncouth → 1811 Sc.
— RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy → 1818 Sc.
— RAMSTOUGAR rough, with the implication of strength → 1825 Sc.
— RAMSTOUGAR rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome → 1864 Sc.
— RAMSTOUGEROUS — RAMSTUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome → 1864 Sc.
— RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate → 1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
— RANGING rough, unruly → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— RANISH — RANNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— RANTIPOLE wild, disorderly, rakish, noisy, rough → 1700 rare
— RANTIPOW wild, noisy, rough → 1800 Eng. dial.
— RAPLOCH coarse, rough, homely → 1724 Sc.
— RASH rough, awkward in handling → 1874 Eng. dial.
— REECHNIE rough in appearance or manner → Bk1904 Sc.
— REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused → 1842
— RENNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— ROID stout, strong; violent, rough → a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
— ROUGH AS BAGS extremely rough in manners or looks → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
— ROUGH-HEWN of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel → 1600 obs.
— RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old → a1802 Sc.
— RUFFY-TUFFY dishevelled; disordered, rough → a1821 nonce word
— RUFTIE-TUFTIE — RUFTY-TUFTY boisterous; rough, tough → 1606
— RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious → 1778 colloq.
— RUSTIC unrefined, vulgar; rough; crude → 1576 depreciative usage
— RUVID rough, rugged → 1837 rare
— SALEBROUS rough, rugged → 1633
— SCAMMISH rough, awkward, untidy → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
— SCRAG prickly, rough → 1876 Eng. dial.
— STOMP-ASS violent and pugilistic; rough and vicious → 1970 US sl.
— STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne’er-do-well → 1833 Aust. sl.
— TARF coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner → 1880 Sc.
— TARTAR rough and violent, savage, cruel → 1809
— TATTERED AS A FOAL of a person: ragged; also, rough, shaggy → c1340 obs.
— TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
— THRUM blunt, sullen, sour of aspect; rough, bearish → Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
— TICKY untidy, rough, shabby, unpolished, messy → 1886 Amer. dial.
— UMBERSORROW rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition → 1808 Sc. obs.
— UNFEEL uncomfortable, unpleasant; coarse, rough → Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
— UNHEWN rough, unpolished → 1659
— UNKIND rough, crooked → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— VORLUS SNORLUS blustering, rough → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— YEDDEREN of a person: rough and ready → Bk1905 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
— BY THE HEAD AND EARS roughly, violently, as one drags a beast → 1590
— RASH roughly, awkwardly → 1875 Eng. dial.
— WITH THE BARK ON in a rough or unpolished form → 1872 US

NOUNS
— BEAR-PLAY rough tumultuous behaviour → 1883
— CAVORTION rough behaviour, rude manners → 1908 Amer. dial.
— CRAGGEDNESS ruggedness, roughness → 1598
— FASCH — FASH a roughness upon anything; an uneven surface or edge → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
— HAULLY rough handling → 1792 Sc. obs.
— PEPPER ALLEY rough treatment, esp. hard punching → 1820 sl.
— SALEBROSITY a rough or uneven place → 1775 Sc. obs.
— SALEBROUSNESS ruggedness, roughness → 1727 obs.
— SHAG roughness, brutality of manner → 1785
— SKY-LARKING any kind of rough play → Bk1905 Amer. dial.
— TAISLE — TASSLE — TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle → 1808 Sc.
— THROWABOUT something that may be thrown about or treated roughly → 1922
— VANDEMONIANISM rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism → 1863

NOUNS – PERSON
— AMARUGIAN — AMERUGIAN — ANAROOGIAN — ANNARUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois → 1856 Amer. dial.
— AUBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man → 1807 Eng. dial.
— BAGGAGE SMASHER a coarse, rough, brutal person → 1851 Amer. sl. obs.
— BALLION a rough, careless fellow → 1924 Sc.
— BALLY-RANDY a rough, turbulent person → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
— BANGISTER — BANGSTER a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart → c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
— BASHER a rough; a thug → → 1810 police & criminals’ sl.
— BEAR a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person → 1751
— BESOM-HEAD a rough, careless girl → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
— BICKER a rough, stupid, and noisy person → Bk1911 Sc. 
— BIG STIFF a term of abuse; a fool; a rough, clumsy, stupid, or overbearing man; a mean, disagreeable or contemptible person; a disliked person; an uncouth, self-opinionated person → 1896 sl., orig. US
— BITCH BOOBY a rough, unsophisticated country woman → 1796 UK military sl.
— BLACKGUARD a person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain; a rough;  an open scoundrel; a term of the utmost opprobrium → 1732
— BOY a rough or rowdy → 1843
— BUSHIE a rough, tough, unattractive, or otherwise unappealing woman → 1987 Aust. sl.
— CABBAGE-TREE MOB a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a ‘cabbage-tree hat’ (a hat made of woven cabbage-tree or cabbage-palm leaves) → c1850 Aust. sl.
— CABBAGITES same as “Cabbage-Tree Mob:  → c1850 Aust. sl.
— CADDIE a ragamuffin or rough fellow → 1929 Sc.
— CITIZEN a rough, tough, or uncouth fellow → 1897 Amer. dial.
— CLATTER-WALLOPS a rough girl → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
— CLOUT an awkward, stupid, or unmannerly person; a person considered to be rough or countrified; a rustic → 1950 Amer. dial.
— CLUB-FIST a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug → 1575 obs.
— COB a rough person; something rough → 1942 Amer. dial.
— GADGE a man regarded as coarse, uncouth, or rough → 1993 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
— GANGREL a crabbed, ill-tempered, crusty old man, rough, and churlish → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
— GILLIEPEROUS a rough, ungainly person → 1916 Sc.
— GLAID — GLEID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl → 1872 Eng. dial.
— GLOFFUS — GLUFFIS — GLUFFUS a rough, uncouth person of noisy, foolish, or light-headed behaviour, often referring to one of ugly or unprepossessing appearance → 1866 Sc.
— GLOWBASON an ignorant, rough woman; a term of great contempt → B1900 Eng. dial.
— GLUNE-AMIE — GLUNIMIE a rough, unpolished, boorish-looking man → Bk1866 Sc.
— GLUNYIE-MAN a rough, unpolished, boorish-looking man → 1825 Sc.
— GURRIER orig., a Dublin street urchin; now usually: a rough, aggressive young man; a lout, a hooligan; also, a term of abuse → 1936 Ireland colloq.
— HABBAGE a rough, cruel, dishonest person → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
— HALLACKS — HALLOCK a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— HARD CASE a rough and dangerous person → 1836 US sl.
— HARDNOSE an angry, mean, or rude person; a tough man; an abusive offensively driving motorist → 1958 Amer. dial.
— HASPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
— HAWBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man → 1805
— HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow → 1834 Amer. sl.
— HESPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
— HOBUCK — HOE-BUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man → 1807 Eng. dial.
— HOON a lout; a rough; a crazy person → 1938 Aust. sl.
— JADE a rough and contemptible girl or woman → 1560 sl.
— KABA-KABA a low-class, worthless, rough person → 20C W. Indies sl.
— KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian → 1863 Sc.
— KENSY a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic  → c1500 Sc. obs. rare
— KENYIE — KENZIE a rough fellow → 1809 Sc. obs.
— LAD-LASS a rough, romping girl; a tomboy → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
— LAD-WENCH a rough, romping girl; a tomboy → 1895 Eng. dial.
— LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan → 1870 chiefly Aust.
— LARRIKINA a female larrikin → L19 sl., orig. US
— LARRIKINESS a female larrikin → 1871 chiefly Aust.
— LARY a rough, a wild fellow → Bk1892 Aust. sl.
— MOP-CAP a hasty-tongued person, a tartar, a rough and violent or irritable person → Bk1895 Eng. dial.
— MUG a rough or ugly person; a criminal → 1865
— OLD HARRY a rough-looking, strange man → 1903 Amer. dial.
— PALLION — PULLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold → 1920 Sc.
— PIG BOY a coarse, rough, or uneducated person → 1735 obs.
— RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners → 1825 Sc.
— RAMMEL a rough person → Bk1905 Sc.
— RAMSTUGGEN a rough-mannered person → 1923 Sc.
— RATTIPELT a rough, noisy child → B1900 Eng. dial.
— REECHNIE a person of rough, ungainly appearance or manners → Bk1904 Sc.
— RIPSTICK a romping, boisterous child; a harum-scarum or rough person → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
— ROUGH SCRUFF a low, coarse, rough, or disreputable person; a ruffian → 1814 orig. US
— ROUGH SKIN a roughneck, a thug; a member of a mid-19th century Baltimore gang supporting the American Party and renowned for its violent behaviour → 1840 US
— RUFFINER a rough person, a ruffian; a sturdy, wayward character, savage when excited  → B1900 Eng. dial.
— RUGGY-DUGGY a rough, uncouth, or unkempt person →1866 Sc.
— RUSKIE a strong person of rough manners → B1900 Sc.
— SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person → 1904 Sc.
— SCALLY a young man who may range from a lovable rogue to a hooligan; a rough youth; a ne’er-do-well → 1986 Brit. sl. 
— SCRUFF-HOUND a rough, tough person → 1940s sl.
— SHELL-BARK a rough, rugged person → 1941 Amer. dial.
— STREET-HOUND a rough, a bully, a loafer → 1872 Amer. sl.
— TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant → 1663
— TEARAN FELLOW a rough, hot-headed person who drives everything before him, regardless of danger and of consequences → Bk1895 N. Eng. dial.
— TIKE — TYKE a rough, ill-mannered, churlish fellow; generally used as a term of reproach → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
— TORN-DOWN a rough, riotous person → 1870 Eng. dial.
— TRAMSACH a big, tall, ungainly person; a rough, untidy person; a slattern → 1866 Sc.

PHRASES
— BEEN RODE HARD AND PUT UP WET said of a person who is ugly, rough, or hard looking → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
— BALLAWHANG to beat or handle roughly → 1905 Amer. dial.
— BANG to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly → 1604
— BULL-DOG to attack like a bull-dog; to assail or treat roughly → 1842
— CRIZZLE to become rough on the surface, as water hen it begins to freeze → 1673
— DEAL TO to treat roughly → 1980s NZ sl.
— ELT to handle roughly, to injure anything, such as an animal, the nap of cloth, etc., by too much rough handling; to pull about → 1866 Sc.
— HAIK to treat roughly, to drive hard → 1842 Sc.
— HANCH to seize, to snatch; to take hold of rough; to handle roughly or unkindly → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— HORSE to flog, to whip; also, to treat roughly → 1775 US sl.
— JERK ONE BALD-HEADED to manhandle; to treat roughly → 1945 Amer. dial.
— KICK ASS to act roughly and aggressively; to be powerful or assertive → 1977 US sl.
— MISGOOGLE — MISGRUGLE — MISGUGGLE to disfigure, to spoil, to mar; to handle roughly; to rumple → 1742 Sc. 
— MUMBLE to handle roughly or clumsily; to maul; to mix up in confusion, to jumble → 1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
— MUSS to manhandle or treat roughly → 1922
— PLAY REX to handle roughly and terribly → 1586 sl.
— PLAY THE BEAR to behave rudely and roughly → 1579
— PULL ABOUT to treat roughly or without ceremony → 19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
— RACKLE to act rashly or roughly → c1374 obs. rare
— RANNACK to be noisy and rough; to romp about wildly → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— RAZOO to manhandle; to use roughly → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
— SNATCH ONE BALD-HEADED to manhandle; to treat roughly → 1869 Amer. dial.
— SPIFLICATE to treat or handle roughly or severely; to beat severely → 1785 humorous or colloq.
— TAFFLE to handle roughly, to ruffle, to rumple, to disarrange → 1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
— TEASE to handle roughly; to tear; to toss about → 1892 Sc.
— THUMB to use roughly → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— WALLOW — WALLOW AROUND to handle roughly or inappropriately → 1995 Amer. dial.
— WOOL to rumple, to tousle; to play roughly with → 1864 Amer. sl.