- rough-hewn adj
- [ˌrʌf'hjuːn]
(stone) sgrossato (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
rough-hewn adj
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rough-hewn — adj rough hewn wood or stone has been cut without much care and its surface is not yet smooth … Dictionary of contemporary English
rough-hewn — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Rough hewn wood or stone has been cut into a shape but has not yet been smoothed or finished off. It is a rough hewn carving of a cat s head … English dictionary
rough — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a having an uneven or irregular surface, not smooth or level or polished. b Tennis applied to the side of a racket from which the twisted gut projects. 2 (of ground, country, etc.) having many bumps, obstacles, etc. 3… … Useful english dictionary
rough — adj 1. irregular, uneven, coarse, not smooth, rugged, bumpy, jagged, craggy, scraggy; stony, rocky; stubbled, knotted, nodose, gnarled; wrinkly, rugulose, crinkly, corrugated, scaly; lumpy, nodulous. 2. shaggy, hairy, hirsute, crinose, trichoid;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hewn — /hyoohn/ or, often, /yoohn/, adj. 1. felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs. 2. given a rough surface: hewn stone. [1300 50; ME hewen, ptp. of HEW] * * * … Universalium
hewn — [[t]hyun[/t]] or, often, [[t]yun[/t]] adj. 1) felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs[/ex] 2) given a rough surface: hewn stone[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50; ME hewen, ptp. of hew … From formal English to slang
unpolished — adj 1. rough, rough hewn, rude, crude; coarse, gross, vulgar, loutish, boorish, ill bred, brought up in a barn; gauche, awkward, uncouth, ungainly; disadvantaged, from the wrong side of the tracks. 2. uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
coarse — adj 1. rough, uneven, bristly, setaceous, scratchy, prickly, bearded, whiskered; rough grained, coarse grained, sandpaper, linsey woolsey; shaggy, hairy, wrinkled, Bot. rugose; scaly, jagged, broken, craggy, knobbed, knobby, nubbly, lumpy, bumpy; … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
homemade — adj 1. home manufactured, home produced, home worked, home wrought, produced or manufactured locally, locally produced, locally manufactured, made locally, locally made; homespun, home woven, home loomed. 2. domestic, domiciliary, internal,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
raw — adj 1. uncooked, fresh; rare, bloody, Fr. saignant. 2. natural, organic, unprocessed, unprepared, undressed; crude, rough, uncut, unrefined, unmilled, unground. 3. open, exposed, uncovered, bare; skinned, excoriated. 4. crude, rough, coarse,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
uneven — adj 1. rough, rugged, hubbly, not level, not flat; coarse, unsmooth, unpolished, rough hewn, rough grained; jagged, broken, abrupt; gnarled, lumpy. 2. irregular, varying, not uniform; dissimilar, differing, unmatched, unequal, odd. 3. unfair, not … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
