Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough-around-the-edges

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: rough-around-the-edges
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of rough around the edges.

Example Sentences

"At bottom, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a character study of its grinning, self-estranged protagonist, Cosmo, a small-time, rough-around-the-edges businessman trying to maintain an invented persona of Mr. Lucky suavity and charm."

Inflected Forms

rougher-around-the-edges (comparative) roughest-around-the-edges (superlative)

Questions

What does rough-around-the-edges mean?: Alternative form of rough around the edges.

How to pronounce rough-around-the-edges

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