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roughhewn

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This arch was roughhewn on the flat surfaces and on about half of the outer curved surface, or extrados.

Their gestures were unstudiedly graceful, and their roughhewn faces were pleasant in expression.

The contrast between the resolute, handsome young white man and the roughhewn Tetong was superb.

Nevertheless, the altar has been left there—an altar of unpolished wood, placed against a background of roughhewn stone.

In youth the land mass was roughhewn and cut deep by stream erosion.

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On this page you'll find 210 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to roughhewn, such as: hard, raw, sketchy, unpolished, crude, and imperfect.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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