↔️ Antonyms of "Roughen"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Roughen"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| chapped | (of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface. |
| cracked | Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface. |
| roughverb | Not smooth; uneven. |
| unsmoothverb | Not smooth; rough. |
| abradeverb | (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. |
| roughen upverb | (idiomatic, transitive) to make something rough or rougher |
| rudennoun | A surname. |
| coarsenverb | (transitive) To make (more) coarse. |
| crudennoun | (transitive) To make crude |
| harshenverb | (transitive) To make, or to become harsh; render hard and rough. |
| asperatenoun | To make rough or harsh. |
| retoughenverb | To toughen again. |
| rossnoun | A number of places in the United States: |
| roughcast | Unpolished. |
| uneven | Not level or smooth. |
| brutaliseverb | (transitive) To inflict brutal violence on. |
| unruffleverb | (transitive) To calm or soothe (a person). |
| smooth downverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To render smooth, to remove roughness from |
| ugly | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| roustnoun | A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. |
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