roughness.

1. An uneven texture that feels coarse or not smooth.

2. A harsh, coarse, or ungentle quality in a voice, manner, or treatment.

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Words that belong together

• surface roughness
• roughness of the stone

On the page

She felt the roughness of the stone through the thin glove.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.