roughish
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of roughish
Example Sentences
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One of his interviewees described the smell as "roughish but not as bad as you might think", but there were places "where they tell me the foul air will cause instant death".
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021
When at sea in roughish weather, and on service particularly, the "pleasure" must be deadly-lively.
From In the Yellow Sea by Frith, Henry
"We'd a roughish time of it last night," said he.
From Christmas Stories by Berens, Edward
He stayed but a few minutes, and as he went out the patriarch said, “He’s a roughish one to look at, but he can make powetry.”
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
Leaves.—Wavy-margined; roughish; Flowers.—Large; six to eight inches in diameter; golden yellow; spotted with pale purple, turning to red or brown.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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