roughness
nouns
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
is derived from
an unpolished unrefined quality
"the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
is derived from
rowdy behavior
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
harsh or severe speech or behavior
"men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
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