Associations to the word «Roughened»

Wiktionary

ROUGHEN, verb. (transitive) To make rough.
ROUGHEN, verb. (intransitive) To become rough.
ROUGHEN UP, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) to make something rough or rougher

Dictionary definition

ROUGHEN, verb. Make rough or rougher; "roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King