Usually means: Most uneven, harsh, or difficult.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word roughest:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. roughest: Merriam-Webster
  2. roughest: Collins English Dictionary
  3. roughest: Vocabulary.com
  4. roughest: Wordnik
  5. roughest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. roughest: Wiktionary
  7. Roughest, roughest: Dictionary.com
  8. roughest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. roughest: FreeDictionary.org
  10. roughest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roughest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roughest: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roughest: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. roughest: Idioms

(Note: See rough as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Rough)

adjective:  Not smooth; uneven.
adjective:  Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
adjective:  Turbulent.
adjective:  Difficult; trying.
adjective:  Crude; unrefined.
adjective:  Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
adjective:  (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
adjective:  Violent; not careful or subtle.
adjective:  Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
adjective:  (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
adjective:  Harsh-tasting.
adjective:  (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
adjective:  (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
adjective:  Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
noun:  The unmowed part of a golf course.
noun:  A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
noun:  (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
noun:  The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
noun:  A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
noun:  (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
noun:  A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
verb:  To create in an approximate form.
verb:  (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
verb:  (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
verb:  To render rough; to roughen.
verb:  To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
verb:  To endure primitive conditions.
verb:  (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
adverb:  In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
noun:  A surname.
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