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adjective

Definition of roughenednext
as in jagged
not having a level or smooth surface roughened hands from hard work

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roughened

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verb

past tense of roughen
as in scuffed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughened
  1. jagged
  2. uneven
  3. rough
  4. rugged
  5. broken
  6. ragged
Adjective
  • The picture depicts a bustling market of shoppers and vendors, with a jagged line reminiscent of those on graphs winding through the stalls.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, vascular dementia began to take her down precipitously, mentally and physically, in jagged, irregular steps.
    Bellamy Young, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of jagged
Adjective
  • Blazy succeeds Virginie Viard, who exited Chanel last June after an uneven five-year tenure.
    WWD, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
  • However, private organizations often lack regulatory mandates to enforce consistent practices, leading to uneven adoption of basic measures.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of uneven
Adjective
  • Being a rookie who is recovering from a second ACL injury and second ACL surgery soon after recovering from the first ACL injury and surgery is a whole another level of rough.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The report comes during a rough period for the retail pharmacy giant.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of rough
Adjective
  • The West Coast Fishing Club is loved for serving as a rugged haven on British Columbia’s remote ancestral and unceded territory of the Haida Nation in Haida Gwaii, surrounded by dramatic coastal landscapes and teeming with wildlife.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • These include a standing grip case, silicone case, rugged case, kindsuit case and magnet case.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of rugged
Adjective
  • At the hospital, Maggie unknowingly leaves a trail of blood after cutting her hand on broken glass.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The broken glass and defaced portraits of the now fugitive president crunching under our feet.
    James Longman, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of broken
Adjective
  • Again, this somewhat ragged rendition isn’t equal to the multi-layered studio version or live ones heard on bootlegs; in particular, the Stills and Young interplay from a Dallas 1968 show makes the Springfield sound like the true originators of the jam band concept.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Carl Wanderer was sentenced to hang for killing the unnamed ragged stranger.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of ragged
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