rough-grained

English

Adjective

rough-grained (comparative more rough-grained, superlative most rough-grained)

1. Having a rough grain or fiber.
2. (by extension, figurative) coarse of character; not polished or refined.

   Synonym: rough around the edges

References

• “rough-grained”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.