Rough vs Disagreeable - What's the difference?

Rough is a related term of disagreeable.

As adjectives the difference between rough and disagreeable

is that rough is having a texture that has much friction not smooth; uneven while disagreeable is not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

As nouns the difference between rough and disagreeable

is that rough is the unmowed part of a golf course while disagreeable is something displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.

As a verb rough

is to create in an approximate form.

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

disagreeable

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

(rfdate) Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and teach nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. --Udall.

Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.

(rfdate) That which is disagreeable''' to one is many times agreeable to another, or '''disagreeable in a less degree. --Wollaston.

Usage notes

* Nouns to which "disagreeable" is often applied: odor, smell, taste, sensation, thing, person, man, woman, duty, work, feeling, manner, experience, effect, feature, business, surprise, job.

Antonyms

* agreeable

Noun

(en noun)

Something displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.

* 1855 , Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)

The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.