Word Study
roughen
CIDE DICTIONARY
roughen, v. t. [From Rough.].
To make rough. [1913 Webster]
roughen, v. i.
To grow or become rough. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
roughen
agitate, beat, beat up, boss, churn, churn up, coarsen, convulse, disarrange, discompose, disquiet, disturb, excite, ferment, flurry, fret, gnarl, grain, granulate, horripilate, knob, paddle, perturb, perturbate, pimple, rile, ripple, roil, rough, rough up, ruffle, rumple, shake, shake up, smooth, stir, stir up, stud, swirl, tooth, trouble, upset, whip, whip up, whisk, work upROGET THESAURUS
roughen
Roughness
VB be rough, go against the grain, render-rough, roughen, ruffle, crisp, crumple, corrugate, set on edge, stroke the wrong way, rumple.For further exploring for "roughen" in Webster Dictionary Online