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noun

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Recent Examples of roughneck
Adjective
Solomon’s estranged roughneck father (Chris Bauer) hawks macho health supplements and scams Solomon into becoming one of his salesmen. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2025 Where was Benn, their leader and roughneck captain, when Evan Bouchard gave Hintz a dirty slash on the top of his foot — in the exact same place Darnell Nurse injured him and cost him a game and a half — in Game 4? Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
But watching a group of roughnecks on a rig in grubby overalls moving huge, long steel pipes, Dugan's smile begins to fade to a smirk. Kirk Siegler, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025 During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project. Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roughneck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughneck
Adjective
  • Colorado has condemned a vulgar chant its fans directed at BYU during its football team’s 24-21 loss Saturday at Folsom Field.
    David Ubben, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Protecting speech for all requires great tolerance for the vulgar, rude, offensive, angry, mean and, yes, even hateful.
    The Detroit News Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Girls were there and there were guys that were really extra on some thug, some goon sh*t.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • We’re then introduced to Louie, a thug who works for a loan shark, threatening and killing people.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Each project presented at MIA is picked with a genuine desire for these works to come to the fore, not by crass commercial considerations.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.
    Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Caldovino plays New York City gangster Goodie in season 3 of Tulsa King, jumping from a recurring player to a series regular.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Now is the time to push back in defense of free speech – as strongly and as publicly as the gangsters on the left and right are threatening to revoke it.
    Onkar Ghate, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Crowd in New York has been bordered on rude; embarrassing!
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Protecting speech for all requires great tolerance for the vulgar, rude, offensive, angry, mean and, yes, even hateful.
    The Detroit News Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The show portrays Watkins introducing Gein to the story of Ilse Koch, a real-life Holocaust war criminal.
    JR Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On Tuesday, a total of 300 federal agents stormed a South Side apartment building that Department of Homeland Security officials say harbored criminals.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Brandon, his nerves showing, spoke about the oil boom, cartel activity, copper and crude-oil theft, and the struggles the six law enforcement officers in the county have dealing with it all.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Chad Powers’ nasty protagonist should give it license to be more cutting, rather than just unimaginatively crude, in its humor.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Currently, Wiig is in her villain era.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • With Ka-young’s help, Iblis is able to destroy the Flower of Eternal Life, which had allowed Khalid to live forever (at least until this point), and the villain fades to dust.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Roughneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughneck. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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