Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough-grained

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
rough--grained
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a rough grain or fiber.

adj

coarse of character; not polished or refined.

Inflected Forms

more rough-grained (comparative) most rough-grained (superlative)

Synonyms

rough around the edges

Questions

What does rough-grained mean?
Having a rough grain or fiber.

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