rougher

[ruhf-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that roughs or roughs out something, as certain crude cutting tools or a person who performs the first, rough parts of a process.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rougher¹

First recorded in 1880–85; rough + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Henry’s lead male love interests are usually rougher around the edges.

From Los Angeles Times

During those rougher early years, Russell created a pilot for the now defunct Viceland cable network and a short series for Comedy Central’s YouTube channel.

From Los Angeles Times

In recent months, Lee has tried to smooth the rougher edges of his public persona, vowing to mend the country’s increasingly combustible partisan rifts.

From Los Angeles Times

Yatai stressed to us that they are not the same as these rougher operations, some little more than a collection of sheds built in forest clearings.

From BBC

This first period has without question been rougher than Labour would have expected.

From BBC

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