Noun roughness has 6 senses
  1. roughness - a texture that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
    --1 is a kind of
    texture
    Antonyms: smoothness
    --1 has particulars:
     coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness; slub, knot, burl; harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness; coarseness, graininess, granularity; shagginess; bumpiness
  2. harshness, roughness - harsh or rough to the ear
    --2 is a kind of timbre, timber, quality, tone
    --2 has particulars: gruffness, hoarseness, huskiness
  3. crudeness, roughness - an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
    --3 is a kind of inelegance
  4. choppiness, roughness, rough water - used of the sea
    --4 is a kind of storminess
  5. rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderliness - rowdy behavior
    --5 is a kind of disorder
  6. pitting, roughness, indentation - the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
    --6 is a kind of corrosion, corroding, erosion
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