rough-spoken

[ ruhf-spoh-kuhn ]

/ ˈrʌfˈspoʊ kən /

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adjective

coarse or vulgar in speech.

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Origin of rough-spoken

First recorded in 1625–35

Words nearby rough-spoken

Rough Riders, rough-sawn, roughshod, rough sleeper, rough spin, rough-spoken, rough stuff, rough trade, rough up, rough-voiced, rough-winged swallow

How to use rough-spoken in a sentence

One and all they were hard-boiled, used to the open, rough-spoken, and indifferent to Cheyenne's presence.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert Knibbs
He was a rough spoken kind of a man too, I suppose, he insinuated.
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill|John T. McIntyre
Tenderly those rough handed, rough-spoken men raised the death-frozen little ones.
Yorksher Puddin'|John Hartley
He was a boisterous, rough-spoken mortal, but his heart was big, and set in the right place.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

Then Clemantiny went back into the kitchen and cried—good, rough-spoken, tender-hearted Clemantiny sat down and cried.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903|Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for rough-spoken

rough-spoken

adjective

rude or uncouth in speech; blunt

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