UNSMOOTH

 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)

Meaning:

Having or caused by an irregular surface

Synonyms:

rough; unsmooth

Context examples:

trees with rough bark / rough ground / rough skin / rough blankets / his unsmooth face

Similar:

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)

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

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

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)

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

roughish (somewhat rough)

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)

Also:

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

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

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

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

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

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