as in jagged
not having a level or smooth surface
roughened hands from hard work
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughened
Adjective
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Victor Glover described peering at the long shadows of the lunar terminator through a telephoto lens and suddenly feeling transported down to that airless, forbidding landscape and imagining himself off-road driving among jagged peaks.—
Andrew Chaikin,
Space.com,
16 Apr. 2026 -
McMau maintains a level of jagged authenticity that implies there might well be a threat around every corner for both of his characters.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Between damp docks, muddy trails, and the occasional drizzle, they were quickly soaked and scuffed.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
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Here, both are completely dismantled and scuffed to the point of being barely recognizable.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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However, boundaries have not been redrawn since the 1971 census, as successive governments delayed the process over concerns about uneven population growth.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Inspired by director Daniel Blake Schwartz’s real-life experiences, this striking debut feature charts the uneven cycles of addiction and recovery among several interconnected lives in Chelsea, Massachusetts with grit and emotional clarity.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Overcrowding, strong winds and rough seas caused the vessel to lose control and sink, the agencies said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Stars like James Dean and Marlon Brando wore Levi’s in the movies, and kids in B-movies for teens wore them, too, folding jeans into the image of rough, rebellious youth.—
Jack Armstrong,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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High Hopes The Cybertruck debuted with great fanfare in late 2023, diversifying Tesla’s lineup as a rugged bruiser of a vehicle to counter the sleek Model Y SUV and Model 3 sedan that account for the vast majority of the company’s auto sales.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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At night, the open-air cinema screens films against the imposing backdrop of the rugged Thripti mountain range.—
Yulia Denisyuk,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Winton, the class clown and semi-pariah who fits the stereotype of the clingy, maladjusted product of a broken home.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Troopers responded to the area and found broken glass from the front door of the God's Grace Missionary Baptist Church.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Her association with Nuyorican bandleader and timbalero Tito Puente provided the perfect transition from the honeyed sheen of La Matancera to the ragged, visceral feel of Seventies salsa.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
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Sharp mower blades also create cleaner cuts, which helps grass retain moisture instead of losing it through ragged blade tips.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Roughened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughened. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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