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Roughness

The quality or state of being rough.

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Narrower term 12

Bristliness 76% connected

The quality or state of having bristles.

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Burl 76% connected

To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.

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Coarseness 76% connected

The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.

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Harshness 76% connected

The quality or state of being harsh.

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Hoarseness 76% connected

Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

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Huskiness 76% connected

The state of being husky.

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Knot 76% connected

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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Prickliness 76% connected

The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.

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Scaliness 76% connected

The state of being scaly; roughness.

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Shagginess 76% connected

The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.

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Slub 76% connected

A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.

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Spininess 76% connected

Quality of being spiny.

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Corroding 76% connected

of Corrode

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Corrosion 76% connected

The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Erosion 76% connected

The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

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Inelegance 76% connected

Alt. of Inelegancy

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Intensification 76% connected

The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

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Storminess 76% connected

The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.

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Texture 76% connected

The act or art of weaving.

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Ragged 74% connected

of Rag

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Ragged 74% connected

of Rag

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Rough 74% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Rough 74% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Rowdy 74% connected

One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

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Rowdy 74% connected

One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

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Crudeness 92% connected

A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore;…

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Disorderliness 92% connected

The state of being disorderly.

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Harshness 92% connected

The quality or state of being harsh.

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Indentation 92% connected

The act of indenting or state of being indented.

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Pitting 92% connected

of Pit

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Rowdyism 92% connected

the conduct of a rowdy.

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