UNSMOOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsmooth mean? 

• UNSMOOTH (adjective)
  The adjective UNSMOOTH has 1 sense:

1. having or caused by an irregular surface

  Familiarity information: UNSMOOTH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSMOOTH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or caused by an irregular surface

Synonyms:

rough; unsmooth

Context example:

his unsmooth face

Similar:

roughish (somewhat rough)

imbricate; imbricated (used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles)

lepidote; leprose; scabrous; scaly; scurfy (rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf)

squamulose (covered with tiny scales)

lined; seamed ((used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams)

pocked; pockmarked; potholed (used of paved surfaces having holes or pits)

rock-ribbed; rockbound (abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps)

bouldered; bouldery; rocky; stony (abounding in rocks or stones)

gravelly; pebbly; shingly (abounding in small stones)

homespun; nubbly; nubby; slubbed; tweedy (of textiles; having a rough surface)

rugose (of leaves; ridged or wrinkled)

sandpapery (having the abrasive texture of sandpaper)

saw-like (having rough edges that can be used for sawing)

scabby (covered with scabs)

shagged; shaggy (having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags)

coarse-textured; rough-textured; textured (having surface roughness)

verrucose; wartlike; warty ((of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts)

crushed (treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance)

abrasive; scratchy (causing abrasion)

alligatored; cracked (of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide)

barky (resembling the rough bark of a tree)

broken; rugged (topographically very uneven)

bullate (of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered)

bumpy (covered with or full of bumps)

chapped; cracked; roughened (used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure)

corded; twilled (of textiles; having parallel raised lines)

costate; ribbed ((of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture)

cragged; craggy; hilly; mountainous (having hills and crags)

Also:

uneven (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture)

nonslippery (not slippery; not likely to slip or skid)

coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)

irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)

unpolished (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing)

unironed; wrinkled ((of linens or clothes) not ironed)