roughness

1. A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven (synset 104955418)
   is a type of: texture - the feel of a surface or a fabric
   subtypes:

   • scaliness - the property of being scaly
   • coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness - looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
   • burl, knot, slub - soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
   • abrasiveness, harshness, scratchiness - the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
   • coarseness, graininess, granularity - the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
   • shagginess - roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs
   • bumpiness - the texture of a surface that has many bumps
   • bristliness, prickliness, spininess, thorniness - the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
   same as: raggedness
2. The quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses (synset 104995915)
   is a type of: unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure
   subtypes: gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness - a throaty harshness
   same as: harshness
3. An unpolished unrefined quality (synset 104824795)
   "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
   is a type of: inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
   same as: crudeness
4. Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather (synset 114547631)
   is a type of: storminess - the state of being stormy
   same as: choppiness, rough water
5. Rowdy behavior (synset 114000631)
   is a type of: disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
   same as: disorderliness, rowdiness, rowdyism
6. The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion (synset 113559097)
   is a type of: corroding, corrosion, erosion - erosion by chemical action
   same as: indentation, pitting
7. Harsh or severe speech or behavior (synset 100375254)
   "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
   is a type of: intensification - action that makes something stronger or more extreme

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