rough
adjective
having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth.
roughest
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superlativeof rough.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Wall Street just limped through its roughest stretch in months, and every investor is asking the same nervous question: Is the worst over in the stock market, or is the selloff just getting started?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
It had the power to soothe the roughest of sore throats and quiet the phlegmiest of coughs.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
"They're the roughest people you'll ever meet," Trump told the New York Post on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Congolese mining towns tend to be porous and migrant-heavy, rough, difficult places to live in some of the country’s roughest, most difficult areas, where there is plenty of reason to distrust outsiders.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
She came out of Berwind, which was one of the grittiest and roughest towns in the county.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
