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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disorganized, vague |
| Synonyms: | amorphous, baggy, blobby, chaotic, crude, inchoate, incoherent, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, nebulous, obscure, orderless, raw, rough, rude, shapeless, unclear, undefined, unformed, unorganized |
| Antonyms: | coherent, distinct, formed, organized, shaped, specific |
| Main Entry: | gnarled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knotted |
| Synonyms: | bent, contorted, crooked, deformed, distorted, gnarly, knurled, leathery, out of shape, rough, rugged, tortured, twisted, weather-beaten, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | straight, unbent, uncurled, untwisted |
| Main Entry: | graceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, two left feet, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, unmannered |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating; scraping |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, stridulent, stridulous, unpleasant, vexatious |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | gritty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | granular |
| Synonyms: | abrasive, branlike, calculous, crumbly, dusty, friable, grainy, gravelly, in particles, loose, lumpy, permeable, porous, powdery, pulverant, rasping, rough, sabulous, sandy, scratchy |
| Antonyms: | fine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | gross |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | barnyard, boorish, breezy, callous, carnal, cheap, coarse, corporeal, crass, dull, fleshly, foul, ignorant, improper, impure, in the gutter, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, lewd, loudmouthed, low, low-minded, lustful, obscene, offensive, rank, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, rude, scatological, sensual, sexual, sleazy*, smutty, swinish, tasteless, ugly, uncouth, uncultured, undiscriminating, unfeeling, unrefined, unseemly, unsophisticated, voluptuous |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gruff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, rude |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bearish, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brusque, churlish, crabbed, crabby, crude, crusty, curt, discourteous, dour, fierce, grouchy, grumpy*, ill-natured, impolite, morose, nasty, offhand, rough, saturnine, short, snappy, snippy, sour, sullen, surly, truculent, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly |
| Antonyms: | even-tempered, happy, nice, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gruff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rasping in sound |
| Synonyms: | cracked, croaking, croaky, grating, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, low, rough, throaty |
| Antonyms: | pleasant, soft, sweet |
| Main Entry: | guttural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in sound |
| Synonyms: | glottal, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inarticulate, low, rasping, rough, sepulchral, thick, throaty |
| Antonyms: | dulcet |
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