Related Words for have it rough

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abound
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Verb, Verb
abrasive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
abrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
abstain
x/
Verb
ac
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
access
/x
Noun, Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
ace
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
achieve
x/
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
aggressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
agitated
/xxx
Adjective
agribusiness
/xxx
Noun
ai
/
Name
alive
x/
Adjective
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
amounts
x/
Noun, Verb
an
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Noun
angry
/x
Adjective, Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arduous
/xx
Adjective
are
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Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arms
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Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
ask
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Verb, Noun
assistive
x/x
Adjective
assume
x/
Verb
at
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Noun, Adjective
available
x/xx
Adjective
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badass
/x
Noun, Adjective
barbaric
x/x
Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beard
/
Noun, Verb
become
x/
Verb
ben
/
Name, Adverb, Adjective
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bidentate
/xx
Adjective
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bin
/
Noun, Verb
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
biting
/x
Adjective, Noun
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blatant
/x
Adjective
blunt
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
boast
/
Verb, Noun
boisterous
/xx
Adjective
booze
/
Noun, Verb
borderline
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
brim
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bristle
/x
Noun, Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
broken
/x
Adjective, Noun
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
brutal
/x
Adjective
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brutish
/x
Adjective
build
/
Verb, Noun
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bumpy
/x
Adjective
burst
/
Verb, Noun
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
came
/
Noun
cantonese
xx/
Name, Adjective
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
challenging
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chapped
/
Adjective
choppy
/x
Adjective
chronology
x/xx
Noun
ciliate
/xx
Noun, Adjective
ciliated
/xxx
Adjective
circulate
/xx
Verb
coarse
/
Adjective
cockpit
/x
Noun
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
combine
/x
Verb, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
comprise
x/
Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
consume
x/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
corded
/x
Adjective
corduroy
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
costly
/x
Adjective
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cpu
/x
Name
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crack up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
craggy
/x
Adjective
crass
/
Adjective
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
crushed
/
Adjective
cursory
/xx
Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
damp
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
delegations
xx/x
Noun
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
dentate
xx
Adjective
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
deserve
x/
Verb
desist
x/
Verb
detain
x/
Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
dice
/
Noun, Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dispense
x/
Verb, Noun
display
x/
Noun, Verb
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
distribute
x/x
Verb
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
doth
/
Verb, Noun
doubt
/
Noun, Verb
draft
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drenched
/
Adjective
drink
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dur
x
Noun, Adjective
dura
/x
Noun
durum
/x
Noun
dusty
/x
Adjective, Noun
earn
/
Verb, Noun
easiest
/xx
Adjective
eat
/
Verb, Noun
elbows
/x
Noun
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
entail
x/
Verb, Noun
enterprise
/xx
Noun, Verb
equity
/xx
Noun
eraser
x/x
Noun
erin
/x
Name
establish
x/x
Verb
estimated
/xxx
Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
exhibit
x/x
Noun, Verb
exist
x/
Verb
expensive
x/x
Adjective
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
face
/
Noun, Verb
faith
/
Noun, Adverb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feed
/
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
fig
/
Name, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
filthy
/x
Adjective, Verb
find
/
Verb, Noun
firewalls
/x
Noun
foal
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
form
/
Noun, Verb
fort
/
Noun, Verb
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fringed
/
Adjective
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gain
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
garish
/x
Adjective
generate
/xx
Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
give birth
//
Phrase, Verb
give off
//
Phrase, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
gotta
/x
Verb, Noun
grab
/
Verb, Noun
graduate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
granular
/xx
Adjective
grating
/x
Noun, Adjective
gravel
/x
Noun, Verb
gravelly
/xx
Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
gui
x
Name
guys
/
Noun
haber
/x
Name
had
/
Verb
han
/
Name
handy
/x
Adjective, Noun
har
/
Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardcore
//
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
hardware
/x
Noun
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
hast
/
Noun
hath
/
Noun
have got
//
Phrase, Verb
healthcare
/x
Noun
hear
/
Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heels
/
Noun
held
/
Noun
helped
/
Verb
heuristics
x/x
Noun
hi
/
Noun, Adjective
hilly
/x
Adjective
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
homespun
/x
Noun, Adjective
honor
/x
Noun, Verb
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
i
x
Noun
imbibe
x/
Verb
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
implement
/xx
Verb, Noun
implementations
/xx/x
Noun
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
induce
x/
Verb
industrial
x/xx
Adjective, Name
inexact
xx/
Adjective
influence
/xx
Noun, Verb
ingest
x/
Verb, Noun
innovative
/xxx
Adjective
inspire
x/
Verb
instigate
/xx
Verb
instructional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
instruments
/xx
Noun
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
introduce
xx/
Verb
involve
x/
Verb
ip
/
Name, Adjective
irregular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
jagged
/
Adjective
jarring
/x
Adjective, Noun
jolting
/x
Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
kitten
/x
Noun, Verb
know
/
Verb, Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lamb
/
Noun, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
least
/
Adverb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
lined
/
Adjective
litter
/x
Noun, Verb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
log
/
Noun, Verb
lonesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lost
/
Adjective
macro
/x
Adjective, Noun
maintain
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
mala
/x
Noun
mali
/x
Name
manger
/x
Noun
matt
/
Name, Adjective
maybe
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
me
/
Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
meg
/
Name, Verb
millionaire
xx/
Noun
mine
/
Noun, Verb
miss
/
Name, Verb
monies
/x
Noun
monopolize
x/xx
Verb
mop
/
Noun, Verb
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
mountainous
/xx
Adjective
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
multinational
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
must
/
Verb, Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
need
/
Verb, Noun
nonmilitary
x/xxx
Adjective
not
/
Adverb, Noun
notched
/
Adjective
nta
x
Name
obtain
x/
Verb
occupy
/xx
Verb, Noun
occur
x/
Verb
offensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
ole
/
Adjective, Name
omitted
x/x
Verb
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
organize
/xx
Verb
orientated
/xxxx
Adjective
oriented
/xxx
Adjective
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outsourced
x/
Adjective
owe
/
Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pack
/
Noun, Verb
paddy
/x
Noun, Adjective
painstaking
/xx
Noun, Adjective
participants
x/xx
Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pass up
//
Phrase, Verb
perform
x/
Verb
persons
/x
Noun
persuade
x/
Verb
picked
/
Adjective
pique
/
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
pocked
/
Adjective
pockmarked
/x
Adjective
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pose
/
Verb, Noun
possess
x/
Verb
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
power
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
preliminary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
proceed
x/
Verb
produce
x/
Verb, Noun
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prove
/
Verb, Noun
provide
x/
Verb
proximate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
proxy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
puckered
/x
Verb, Adjective
pugnacious
x/x
Adjective
pulled
/
Adjective
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
quieter
/xx
Noun
rasping
/x
Noun, Adjective
raspy
/x
Adjective
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
reach
/
Verb, Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
reject
x/
Verb, Noun
rely
x/
Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
remainder
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
replete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
reported
x/x
Adjective
represent
xx/
Verb
request
x/
Noun, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
respondents
x/x
Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restless
/x
Adjective
result
x/
Noun, Verb
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
ribbed
/
Adjective
rich
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
road
/
Noun, Adjective
rocky
/x
Adjective, Name
rough in
/x
Phrase, Verb
roughened
/x
Adjective
roughly
/x
Adverb
rude
/
Adjective
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
rugged
/x
Adjective
ruthless
/x
Adjective
sample
/x
Noun, Verb
sandpaper
/xx
Noun, Verb
sate
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scalloped
/x
Adjective
scaly
/x
Adjective, Noun
scorched
/
Adjective
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
scratchy
/x
Adjective
seamed
/
Adjective
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
see
/
Verb, Noun
seek
/
Verb, Noun
serrate
/x
Adjective, Verb
serve
/
Verb, Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
severe
x/
Adjective, Noun
sex
/
Noun, Verb
sexual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
shaggy
/x
Adjective
shall
/
Verb
share
/
Noun, Verb
shark
/
Noun, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
show
/
Verb, Noun
sidewalk
/x
Noun
sind
/
Noun
sketchy
/x
Adjective
slick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
slippery
/xx
Adjective
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sop up
//
Phrase, Verb
speak
/
Verb, Noun
speakers
/x
Noun
spend
/
Verb, Noun
sport
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
star
/
Noun, Verb
stark
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stiff
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
stimulate
/xx
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stockpile
/x
Noun, Verb
stony
/x
Noun, Adjective
stormy
/x
Adjective, Noun
street
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
submit
x/
Verb
suck in
/x
Phrase, Verb
sudden
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
suffer
/x
Verb
summary
/xx
Noun, Adjective
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
swallow
/x
Verb, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
take on
//
Phrase, Verb
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
take up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
taste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
tend
/
Verb
tentative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
terrible
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
textured
/x
Adjective
thick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
think
/
Verb, Noun
throw
/
Verb, Noun
till
/
Noun, Verb
toothed
/
Adjective
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
troubled
/x
Adjective
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
try out
//
Phrase, Verb
tumultuous
x/xx
Adjective
turbulent
/xx
Adjective
turn down
//
Phrase, Verb
turned
/
Adjective
twill
/
Noun, Verb
twin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
unadjusted
xx/x
Adjective
uncorrected
xx/x
Adjective
uncut
x/
Adjective
undergo
xx/
Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
unequal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
uneven
x/x
Adjective, Verb
unite
/x
Verb, Noun
unpleasant
x/x
Adjective
unpolished
x/x
Adjective
unprocessed
x/x
Adjective
unrefined
xx/
Adjective
unskilled
x/
Adjective
untreated
x/x
Adjective
uphill
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
use
/
Noun, Verb
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
vicious
/x
Adjective, Noun
violent
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
wanna
/x
Noun
want
/
Verb, Noun
wear
/
Verb, Noun
welcome
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
wield
/
Verb, Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
wool
/
Noun
wrecked
/
Adjective
wrinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yean
/
Verb
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb