noun
1. a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
• Syn: ↑roughness
• Ant: ↑smoothness (for: ↑roughness)
• Hypernyms: ↑texture
• Hyponyms:
↑scaliness, ↑coarseness, ↑nubbiness, ↑tweediness, ↑slub, ↑knot, ↑burl, ↑harshness, ↑abrasiveness, ↑scratchiness, ↑graininess, ↑granularity, ↑shagginess, ↑bumpiness, ↑prickliness, ↑bristliness, ↑spininess, ↑thorniness
2. shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ragged
• Hypernyms: ↑shabbiness, ↑seediness, ↑manginess, ↑sleaziness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.