roughness

Noun

• harsh or severe speech or behavior
  • men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity
    
  • the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet
    

• the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

• rowdy behavior

• used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

• an unpolished unrefined quality
  • the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
    

• the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses

• a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pitting , indentation , rowdiness , rowdyism , disorderliness , choppiness , rough water , crudeness , harshness , raggedness