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choppy
[chop-ee] 
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choppy
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wavy |
| Synonyms: | inclement, ripply, rough, uneven, violent, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, smooth |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven, irregular |
| Synonyms: | asperous, bearded, brambly, bristly, broken, bumpy, bushy, chapped, choppy, coarse, cragged, craggy, cross-grained, disheveled, fuzzy, hairy, harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, nappy, nodular, not smooth, ridged, rocky, ruffled, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, shaggy, sharp, stony, tangled, tousled, tufted, unequal, unfinished, unlevel, unshaven, unshorn, woolly, wrinkled, wrinkly |
| Antonyms: | even, level, polished, regular, smooth |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stormy; not quiet |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, rugged, squally, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate, temperate |
| Main Entry: | spasmodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | twitching, erratic |
| Synonyms: | bits and pieces, changeable, choppy, convulsive, desultory, fitful, fits and starts, intermittent, irregular, jerky, on-again-off-again, periodic, shaky, spastic, sporadic, spotty, spurtive, uncertain |
| Antonyms: | resting, uninterrupted |
| Main Entry: | turbulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsettled, raging (referring to weather) |
| Synonyms: | agitated, bitter, blustering, blustery, boiling, bumpy, choppy, coarse, confused, destructive, disordered, disturbed, fierce, foaming, furious, howling, inclement, moiling, noisy, restless, riotous, roaring, rough, ruffled, rugged, stirred up, stormful, storming, stormy, swirling, tempestuous, thunderous, tremulous, tumultous/ tumultuous, unstable, violent, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate, settled |
| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense, stormy |
| Synonyms: | blustering, blustery, choppy, disturbed, furious, howling, inclement, raging, rough, storming, tempestuous, turbulent, violent |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | roiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roily, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roiled, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rough-and-tumble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, knockabout, raging, rasping, raucous, rugged, squally, strenuous, stridulent, tempestuous, tough*, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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