Definition of roughness Roughness

/ɹʌˈfnʌs/ - [rufnus] - rough•ness

We found 10 definitions of roughness from 4 different sources.

What does roughness mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: roughnesses
roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
		raggedness
		smoothness the quality of being free from errors or interruptions; "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"
		texture the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"
		scaliness the property of being scaly
		nubbiness, tweediness, coarseness an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds
		slub, burl, knot soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
		scratchiness, abrasiveness, harshness the quality of being sharply disagreeable
		graininess, granularity, coarseness the quality of lacking taste and refinement
		shagginess roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs
		bumpiness the texture of a surface that has many bumps
roughness - 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"
roughness - an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
		crudeness
		inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
roughness - rowdy behavior
		rowdiness, rowdyism, disorderliness
		disorder a disturbance of the peace or of public order
roughness - the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
		harshness
		unpleasantness the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"
roughness - the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
		pitting, indentation
		corroding, corrosion, erosion erosion by chemical action
roughness - used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
		choppiness, rough water
		storminess violent passion in speech or action; "frightened by the storminess of their argument"