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nasty, contemptible, filthy, mean, low, Colloq lousy, stinking,
low-down, dirty-rotten: Pairing me off with Vera at the dance
was a rotten trick. 5 ill, unwell, sick, nauseated, awful;
hung-over, Colloq lousy, ropy or ropey, rough: I feel really
rotten - maybe it was those mushrooms I ate last night.
rotund adj. 1 round(ed), circular, orbicular, globular, spherical:
His rotund, cherubic little face simply invited a pinch of the
cheek. 2 full, full-toned, deep, resonant, reverberant,
reverberating, sonorous, rich, round, mellow; pear-shaped: They
thrilled to hear the rotund notes issuing from Caruso's lips as
he sang 'Vesti la Giubba'. 3 chubby, podgy or chiefly US pudgy,
(pleasingly) plump, portly, tubby, heavy, fleshy, corpulent,
stout, fat, obese, overweight, Colloq roly-poly: Jack's rotund
figure was easily recognizable waddling up the street.
rou‚ n. playboy, womanizer, ladies' man, rake, lecher, Lothario, Don
Juan, Romeo, Casanova, charmer, flirt, libertine, debauchee,
Old-fashioned masher, gay dog, Colloq wolf, lady-killer, dirty
old man, Taboo slang gash-hound: Alistair was quite a rou‚ in
his youth but has settled down since turning 50.
rough adj. 1 uneven, irregular, coarse, jagged, rugged, bumpy, lumpy,
broken: The next mile or so we slogged over some very rough
terrain. 2 agitated, turbulent, choppy, stormy, storm-tossed,
tempestuous, roiled: We negotiated a very rough patch of water
before sailing into the calm, sheltered bay. 3 brusque, bluff,
curt, short, abrupt, unpleasant, churlish, discourteous,
impolite, rough-spoken, ungracious, surly, disrespectful, rude,
uncouth, loutish, unrefined, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultured,
vulgar, unladylike, ungentlemanly, coarse, ill-mannered,
ill-bred, inconsiderate: Ian can be a bit rough, I know, but
underneath he is a true and loyal friend. 4 tough,
rough-and-tumble, roughneck, rowdy: There are some very rough
characters frequenting that pub. 5 harsh, violent, unfeeling,
unjust, severe, cruel, tough, hard, brutal, extreme; ungentle:
They were subjected to very rough treatment when being
questioned by the police. 6 dirty, obscene, smutty,
pornographic, vulgar, crude, raw, rude: After midnight they
watch the rough shows beamed by satellite from Italy. 7 hard,
tough, Spartan, difficult, arduous, laborious, rugged,
unpleasant: It was pretty rough going with almost no money and
all those expenses. 8 harsh, grating, cacophonous, discordant,