If a person is rough around the edges, they have some negative qualities, such as not being stylish, polite or well-educated. He's a bit rough around the edges but he's wonderful with kids.
1 : being out of reach of the current or tide or out of the water. 2 : being in a helpless or abandoned position.
Someone who is prim and proper always behaves in the correct way and never breaks the rules of etiquette.
: a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute.
: an essential or integral component stress was part and parcel of the job.
- Working irregular hours is all part and parcel of being a journalist.
- Payment was part and parcel of carrying on insurance business within the UK.
- Keeping the accounts is part and parcel of my job.
- Metaphysics is part and parcel of the idealist world outlook.
: every difficulty and obstacle —used especially in the phrase through thick and thin was loyal through thick and thin.
A challenging period during which one struggles to do or cope with something. John went through a rough time after losing both his job and his wife during the same year.
A "rough" day is one in which you have a lot of problems, or feel tired and stressed.
SYNONYMS FOR rough1 irregular, jagged, bumpy, craggy. 2 hairy, bristly. 13 noisy, cacophonous, raucous. 16 impolite, uncivil, unpolished, rude.
rough drawing - a preliminary sketch of a design or picture. draft. sketch, study - preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"
: to make (something, such as a drawing or a list) quickly and without including all the details We'll rough out a general plan.
Rough means coarse or bumpy, and can be used in many different ways. A few days after you shave, your skin will be rough with stubble. Rough seas are choppy and turbulent, and might make you seasick. On a rough day, lots of things go wrong.
A person with a rough personality is one who behaves in a rude manner towards others and is indifferent towards others' well-being i.e. they are usually selfish, and tend to get into quarrels or brawls. They don't usually comply with other people.
(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : any of various cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips red. 2 : a red powder consisting essentially of ferric oxide used in polishing glass, metal, or gems and as a pigment. rouge.
1. a preliminary work in preparation for a sketch, report, piece of work, etc. 2. work requiring physical rather than mental effort.
: to seem untruthful or insincere Their promises ring hollow. His apology rang hollow.
(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : a plan or program of action especially : a crafty or secret one. 2 : a systematic or organized configuration : design color scheme. 3 : a concise statement or table : epitome.
1 : marked by the primitive, gross, or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity a crude stereotype crude tools crude jokes. 2 : existing in a natural state and unaltered by cooking or processing crude oil crude ore. 3 : rough or inexpert in plan or execution a crude shelter.
phrase. Through and through means completely and to the greatest extent possible. I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked and feel frozen through and through.
