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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | blotchy, coarse, encrusted, lepidote, notched, scabby, scaly, unsmooth |
| Main Entry: | scabrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improper |
| Synonyms: | immodest, indecent, indiscreet, licentious, obscene, risque, scandalous, shocking, unconventional |
| Main Entry: | scabrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult |
| Synonyms: | coarse, knotty, rough, rugged, scaly, treacherous |
| Main Entry: | craggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jagged |
| Synonyms: | asperous, broken, cragged, harsh, precipitous, rock-bound, rocky, rough, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, stony, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth |
| Antonyms: | flat, smooth |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, exhausting |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, arduous, backbreaking, bothersome, burdensome, complicated, demanding, difficile, distressing, effortful, exacting, fatiguing, formidable, grinding, hairy*, heavy*, intricate, involved, irksome, knotty, labored, laborious, mean, merciless, murder, onerous, operose, rigorous, rough, rugged, scabrous, serious, severe, slavish, sticky, strenuous, terrible, tiring, toilful, toilsome, tough, troublesome, unsparing, uphill battle, uphill, wearing, wearisome, wearying |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, mild, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jagged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ragged, notched |
| Synonyms: | asperous, barbed, broken, cleft, craggy, denticulate, harsh, indented, irregular, pointed, ridged, rough, rugged, scabrous, serrated, snaggy, spiked, toothed, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth |
| Antonyms: | even, smooth |
| Main Entry: | licentious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, amoral, animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched, depraved, desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fast and loose, fleshly, impure, in the fast lane, incontinent, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lickerish, loose*, lubricious, lustful, oversexed, profligate, promiscuous, relaxed, reprobate, salacious, satyric, scabrous, sensual, swinging, unconstrained, uncontrollable, uncurbed, unmoral, unprincipled, unruly, wanton |
| Antonyms: | chaste, controlled, good, innocent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obscene |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indecent, offensive, immoral |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, atrocious, barnyard, bawdy, blue*, coarse, crude, dirty*, disgusting, evil, filthy, foul, gross, heinous, hideous, horrible, immodest, improper, impure, lascivious, lewd, licentious, loathsome, loose*, lustful, nasty, noisome, outrageous, porno, pornographic, profane, prurient, rank*, raunchy*, raw, repellent, repugnant, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scatological, scurrilous, shameless, shocking, sickening, smutty, suggestive, unchaste, unclean, unwholesome, vile, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, innocent, moral, pure, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ribald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, obscene |
| Synonyms: | base, bawdy, blue*, coarse, devilish, earthy, fast*, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, indecent, indecorous, juicy, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low-down and dirty, naughty, off-color, out of line, purple*, racy, rascally, raunchy, raw*, risqué, rogue, rough, rude, salacious, salty, scabrous, scurrilous, sly, smutty, spicy*, unbecoming |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, decent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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