Related Words for rough edges

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WordSyllablesCategories
imperfect
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
scruff
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Noun
loose ends
//
Phrase, Noun
almost
/x
Adverb
rough
/
Adjective
diamond in the rough
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
blemish
/x
Noun
crud
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Noun
fault
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Noun
briar
/x
Noun
dregs
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Noun
loser
/x
Noun
gaff
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Noun
marginal
/xx
Adjective
bort
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Noun
deformity
x/xx
Noun
fail
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Verb
dust
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Noun
crumbling
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Verb
sully
/x
Name
stench
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Noun
ugly
/x
Adjective
wane
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Noun
ugliness
/xx
Noun
shoddy
/x
Adjective
corners
/x
Adjective
damaged goods
/x/
Phrase, Noun
homespun
/x
Noun
dross
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Noun
ruff
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Noun
wound
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Noun
debris
x/
Noun
minus
/x
Noun
not a pretty sight
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
crab
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Noun
ruffian
x/x
Noun
reproach
x/
Noun
lackluster
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Adjective
limp
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Adjective
attrition
x/x
Noun
marring
/x
Verb
scrawl
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Noun
blur
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Noun
scant
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Adjective
discount
x/
Noun
extremes
x/
Noun
scut work
//
Phrase, Noun
the pits
x/
Phrase, Noun
ulcer
/x
Noun
gutter
/x
Noun
noise
/
Noun
flak
/
Noun
breakage
/x
Noun
second
/x
Noun
grey area
//xx
Name, Name
punishment
/xx
Noun
exact science
x//x
Phrase, Noun
hard feelings
//x
Phrase, Noun
downside
/x
Noun
nuisance
/x
Noun
damage
/x
Noun
fatigues
x/
Noun
random
/x
Noun
dry rot
//
Phrase, Noun
fritz
/
Name
kink
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Noun
runt
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Noun
inexperience
xx/xx
Noun
stain
/
Noun
cull
/
Noun
straw
/
Noun
demerit
x/x
Noun
friction
/x
Noun
mess
/
Noun
lack
/
Noun
damn
/
Adjective
mean streak
//
Phrase, Noun
hollow
/x
Noun
blunt instrument
//xx
Name, Name
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
abuse
x/
Noun
wreck
/
Noun
impairment
x/x
Noun
disrepute
xx/
Noun
difficulties
/xxx
Noun
sour grapes
/x/
Phrase, Noun
armpit
/x
Noun
abrasive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
abrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
advantages
x/xx
Noun
aggressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
agitated
/xxx
Adjective
angles
/x
Adjective
angry
/x
Adjective, Verb
approaches
x/x
Noun
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arduous
/xx
Adjective
arms
/
Noun
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badass
/x
Noun, Adjective
banks
/
Noun
barbaric
x/x
Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
beard
/
Noun, Verb
beats
/
Noun
bidentate
/xx
Adjective
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
biting
/x
Adjective, Noun
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blatant
/x
Adjective
blunt
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
boarders
/x
Noun
boisterous
/xx
Adjective
bones
/
Noun
borderline
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
borders
/x
Noun
boundaries
/xx
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
broken
/x
Adjective, Noun
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
brutal
/x
Adjective
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brutish
/x
Adjective
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bumpy
/x
Adjective
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
cantonese
xx/
Name, Adjective
challenging
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chapped
/
Adjective
choppy
/x
Adjective
chronology
x/xx
Noun
ciliate
/xx
Noun, Adjective
ciliated
/xxx
Adjective
coarse
/
Adjective
cockpit
/x
Noun
confines
/x
Noun
contours
/x
Noun
corded
/x
Adjective
corduroy
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
costly
/x
Adjective
cracked
/
Adjective
craggy
/x
Adjective
crass
/
Adjective
crests
/
Noun
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
crushed
/
Adjective
curbs
/
Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
damp
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dams
/
Noun
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
defeats
x/
Noun, Verb
dentate
xx
Adjective
dice
/
Noun, Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
draft
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drenched
/
Adjective
dur
x
Noun, Adjective
dura
/x
Noun
durum
/x
Noun
dusty
/x
Adjective, Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
edge
/
Noun, Verb
elbows
/x
Noun
endpoints
/x
Noun
ends
/
Noun
engines
/x
Noun
eraser
x/x
Noun
estimated
/xxx
Verb
expensive
x/x
Adjective
extremities
x/xx
Adjective
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
fig
/
Name, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
filthy
/x
Adjective, Verb
flanges
/x
Noun
fort
/
Noun, Verb
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fringes
/x
Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
garish
/x
Adjective
granular
/xx
Adjective
grating
/x
Noun, Adjective
gravel
/x
Noun, Verb
gravelly
/xx
Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
halves
/
Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardcore
//
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hedgerows
/xx
Noun
heels
/
Noun
hilly
/x
Adjective
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
inexact
xx/
Adjective
intertwine
xx/
Verb
irregular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
jagged
/
Adjective
jarring
/x
Adjective, Noun
jolting
/x
Adjective
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
leaved
/
Adjective, Verb
ledges
/x
Noun
limits
/x
Noun
lined
/
Adjective
log
/
Noun, Verb
lonesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
manger
/x
Noun
margins
/x
Noun
mop
/
Noun, Verb
mountainous
/xx
Adjective
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
noses
/x
Noun
notched
/
Adjective
offensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
orientations
xxx/x
Noun
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outlines
/x
Noun
outskirts
/x
Noun
paddy
/x
Noun, Adjective
painstaking
/xx
Noun, Adjective
panels
/x
Noun
peripheries
x/xx
Noun
persuasions
x/x
Noun
pique
/
Noun, Verb
pocked
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Adjective