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rough | blush |

As nouns the difference between rough and blush

is that rough is the unmowed part of a golf course while blush is an act of blushing or blush can be the collective noun for a group of boys.

As verbs the difference between rough and blush

is that rough is to create in an approximate form while blush is to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment.

As an adjective rough

is having a texture that has much friction not smooth; uneven.

As an adverb rough

is in a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

rough

English

Alternative forms

* (colloquial) ruff

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
  • The rock was one of those tremendously solid brown, or rather black, rocks which emerge from the sand like something primitive. Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top.
  • Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
  • a rough''' estimate; a '''rough sketch of a building
  • Turbulent.
  • The sea was rough .
  • Difficult; trying.
  • Being a teenager nowadays can be rough .
  • Crude; unrefined
  • His manners are a bit rough , but he means well.
  • Violent; not careful or subtle
  • This box has been through some rough handling.
  • Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
  • a rough''' tone; a '''rough voice
    (Alexander Pope)
  • Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
  • a rough diamond
  • Harsh-tasting.
  • rough wine

    Antonyms

    * smooth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The unmowed part of a golf course.
  • A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
  • (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
  • The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
  • A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.
  • (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
  • (Fletcher)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create in an approximate form.
  • Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
  • To physically assault someone in retribution.
  • The gangsters roughed him up a little.
  • (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
  • To render rough; to roughen.
  • To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
  • (Crabb)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats.

    Derived terms

    * bit of rough * diamond in the rough * rough and ready * roughhouse * rough in * roughness * rough out * rough up

    blush

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) blyscan . Cognate with Old Norse .

    Noun

    (es)
  • An act of blushing.
  • (uncountable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. Confer rouge.
  • A color between pink and cream.
  • Derived terms
    * blush is off the rose * at first blush

    Verb

    (es)
  • To redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment.
  • * Milton
  • To the nuptial bower / I led her blushing like the morn.
  • * 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
  • But Tommy was bashful, and the attention he had thus drawn upon himself made him blush . He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell.
  • To become red.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, / But stayed, and made the western welkin blush .
  • To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To blush and beautify the cheek again.
  • To express or make known by blushing.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I'll blush you thanks.
  • To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
  • * T. Gray
  • Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.
    Synonyms
    * flushing * reddening

    Etymology 2

    1486 Dame Julia Barnes. The Book of St Albans.

    Noun

    (es)
  • The collective noun for a group of boys.
  • A blush of boys.
    Usage notes
    This is probably a fanciful expression and is not in common use.
    References
    * Noun sense: 1986 Oxford Reference Dictionary: Appendix

    Anagrams

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