Part 28
ANT. _Slow, deliberate, cumbrous, lazy, retarded, moderate, gradual, dilatory, lingering, tardy._
=Rapidity.= Rapidness, haste, celerity, speed, velocity, agility, swiftness, fleetness, quickness, despatch.
ANT. _Slowness, dilatoriness, tardiness, delay, deliberateness, moderation._
=Rare.= Curious, extraordinary, incomparable, odd, peculiar, remarkable, precious, scarce, singular, strange, uncommon, unusual, unprecedented, unique, unparalleled, infrequent.
ANT. _General, usual, normal._
=Rash.= Precipitate, headlong, indiscreet, foolhardy, hasty, heedless, thoughtless, incautious, careless, inconsiderate, unwary.
ANT. _Cautious, wary, discreet, thoughtful, prudent, calculating; timid, hesitating, reluctant._
=Rational.= Sane, sound, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, wise, discreet, judicious; reasoning, intellectual; sagacious, equitable, enlightened.
ANT. _Irrational, insane, unsound, foolish, absurd, injudicious, unreasonable, preposterous, unintelligent, extravagant._
=Raw.= Unprepared, uncooked, immature, unripe, unseasoned, inexperienced, unpracticed, untried, unwrought, unfinished; bare, galled; chilly, bleak.
ANT. _Cooked, dressed, prepared, developed, mature, ripe, mellow, seasoned, practiced, experienced, tried, tested, expert, habituated, familiar, trained; healed; genial, balmy._
=Reach.= Attain, arrive, get to, enter, land, come to, gain.
ANT. _Depart, leave, set out, weigh anchor, embark, start, go, go away, set sail._
=Ready.= Prompt, expeditious, speedy, unhesitating, dexterous, apt, skilled, handy, expert, facile, easy, opportune, fitted, prepared, disposed, free, willing, cheerful.
ANT. _Tardy, slow, inexpeditious, hesitating, clumsy, inept, unskilled, inexpert, hard, difficult, inopportune, unfit, ill-prepared, unwilling, reluctant, unresponsive, unaccommodating._
=Real.= Actual, veritable, genuine, demonstrable, substantial, authentic, certain; developed, essential, positive; true, unquestionable.
ANT. _Illusory, imaginary, unreal, untrue, supposititious, fictitious, hypothetical, fabulous, fanciful, conceived, supposed, feigned, reported, visionary, theoretical._
=Reality.= Verity, actuality, substance, truth, genuineness, authenticity, fact, substantiality, existence.
ANT. _Fiction, falsehood, untruth, myth, imagination, fabrication, fancy, supposition, unreality, chimera, vision, hypothesis, hollowness._
=Realm.= Domain, kingdom, region, province, country, department, empire, state; jurisdiction, sovereignty, dominion.
ANT. _Anarchy, insurrection; independence; democracy._
=Rear.= Lift, elevate, erect, raise, build, establish, exalt, foster, construct, breed, educate, instruct, train, discipline, cherish.
ANT. _Tear down, degrade, undermine, depress, overthrow; destroy, kill, demolish, subvert, stifle, extinguish._
=Reason=, _n._ Cause, ground, aim, motive, account, argument, design, consideration, end, object, purpose, principle.
ANT. _Pretext, pretense, falsification; unreason, unreasonableness, irrationality, absurdity, fallacy._
=Reason=, _v._ Debate, demonstrate, argue, contend, discuss, prove, establish, question, controvert, wrangle, dispute.
ANT. _Quibble, pervert, equivocate, evade, mystify; cavil, refine; misrepresent; dictate, assert._
=Reasoning.= Argument, argumentation, debate, ratiocination.
ANT. _Sophistry, instinct, intuition, presentiment._
=Rebellious.= Intractable, refractory, seditious, unmanageable, contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, mutinous, ungovernable, uncontrollable.
ANT. _Deferential, compliant, docile, manageable, obedient, submissive, subservient, yielding, tractable, gentle, controllable, dutiful._
=Recant.= Retract, revoke, recall, abjure, disown, disavow, renounce.
ANT. _Profess, confess, assert, declare, enunciate, maintain, hold; vindicate._
=Reception.= Admission, receipt; entertainment; acceptance, credence; welcome.
ANT. _Rejection, dismissal, repudiation, denial, protest, renunciation, disavowal._
=Recite.= Describe, recapitulate, detail, number; repeat, deliver, rehearse; relate, narrate, recount; quote; count, enumerate, tell.
ANT. _Misquote, garble, falsify, misrepresent, pervert; forget, fail._
=Reckless.= Mindless, negligent, thoughtless, regardless, unconcerned, inattentive, remiss, improvident, rash, inconsiderate.
ANT. _Circumspect, careful, wary, thoughtful, mindful, attentive, considerate, provident, prudent, calculating._
=Recognize.= Acknowledge, confess, own, allow, concede, identify, avow.
ANT. _Overlook, repudiate, disown, ignore, disavow, disclaim._
=Reconcile.= Placate, propitiate, pacify, appease; conciliate, reunite, content, harmonize; adjust, settle, compose.
ANT. _Separate, sever, alienate, estrange, disaffect._
=Reconciliation.= Reconcilement, reunion, pacification, appeasement, propitiation, atonement, expiation; adjustment, restoration, harmony.
ANT. _Separation, estrangement, alienation, disaffection._
=Record.= Account, entry, enrolment, catalogue, enumeration, inventory, register, roll; archive, chronicle, document, history, inscription, instrument, memorandum, memorial, muniment, schedule, scroll.
=Recover.= Cure, heal, retrieve, restore; be cured or healed, recruit, recuperate, resume; reanimate, repossess.
ANT. _Relapse, sink, die, fail, grow worse._
=Recovery.= Repossession, resumption; recruiting, healing, restoration; regaining, recuperation, convalescence, retrieval, redemption, resuscitation, revival; vindication, reinstatement, reëstablishment.
ANT. _Loss, forfeiture, privation, damage, ruin, destruction, waste; illness, relapse, declension, incurableness, hopelessness._
=Recreation.= Sport, amusement, diversion, refreshment, reanimation; holiday, pastime, relaxation.
ANT. _Toil, labor, work, industry, employment, fatigue, weariness, lassitude, exhaustion._
=Rectitude.= Justice, honesty, uprightness, fairness, integrity, straightforwardness, conscientiousness, equity.
ANT. _Iniquity, wrong, injustice, immorality, corruption, dishonesty, duplicity, underhandedness._
=Redemption.= Ransom, release, rescue, retrieval, recovery, deliverance, liberation, salvation; discharge, fulfilment; atonement, compensation.
ANT. _Abandonment, forfeiture, sacrifice, betrayal, deprivation, desertion._
=Reduce.= Lessen, decrease, curtail, abate, shorten, impair, lower, subjugate, subject; diminish, attenuate, abridge, contract; subdue.
ANT. _Magnify, augment, expand, amplify, exalt, raise, invigorate, promote, restore, repair, renovate, transform._
=Redundant.= Exuberant, superabundant, overflowing, pleonastic; superfluous, excessive, copious, plentiful; unnecessary.
ANT. _Requisite, necessary, sufficient, enough; scanty, deficient, scarce, wanting, lacking, incomplete, inadequate, insufficient._
=Refinement.= Culture, elegance, cultivation, civilization, politeness.
ANT. _Coarseness, grossness, rudeness, rusticity, barbarism, boorishness, brutality, clownishness, savagery, vulgarity._
=Reflect.= Consider, think, cogitate, meditate, contemplate, ruminate, ponder, muse; animadvert.
ANT. _Idle, dream, imagine, fancy, wander, rove; disregard, neglect._
=Reform=, _v._ Amend, correct, rectify, emend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim, mend; remodel.
ANT. _Corrupt, impair, vitiate, deteriorate, deform; spoil, deprave, pollute, defile, injure, contaminate._
=Refuge.= Shelter, asylum, retreat, covert; protection, sanctuary, stronghold, defense; hiding-place, harbor.
ANT. _Exposure, peril, snare, menace, pitfall, danger, threat._
=Regard=, _v._ Consider, observe, remark, heed, mind, respect, esteem, estimate, value; attend, notice; contemplate; revere, reverence.
ANT. _Overlook, disregard, miss, neglect, omit; misprize; dislike, hate, loathe; contemn._
=Regret=, _n._ Grief, concern, sorrow, lamentation, repentance, penitence, self-condemnation; compunction, remorse, contrition.
ANT. _Joy, exultation, happiness, delight, self-gratulation, approbation; praise, commendation; felicitation._
=Regular.= Orderly, methodical; conformable, agreeing; governed, subject; normal; constituted, selected; customary, systematic, stated, established, periodical, recognized, formal, recurrent, certain.
ANT. _Unusual, exceptional, rare, irregular, abnormal, eccentric, capricious, variable, uncertain, erratic._
=Regulation.= Rule, method, principle, precept; adjustment, disposal; arrangement, ordering, disposition, government, control.
ANT. _Disorder, anarchy, license, misgovernment, misrule, non-regulation, caprice, maladjustment, derangement._
=Rehearse.= Recapitulate, detail, recount, describe, tell; narrate, repeat, recite, relate; practice.
ANT. _Misrepresent; act, perform, play._
=Rejoice.= Delight, joy, exult, triumph, please, cheer, exhilarate, gladden, transport, charm, enliven, gratify, make happy.
ANT. _Mourn, grieve, weep, lament, pain, distress, defeat, sadden, deaden, vex, annoy, oppress, afflict, trouble, depress, burden, deject._
=Relation.= Recital, rehearsal, account, narration, tale, narrative, detail, description; kindred, affinity, consanguinity, kinsman, kinswoman; connection, association, pertinency, relevancy, agreement.
ANT. _Action, happening, occurrence; alien, stranger, foreigner; absoluteness, disagreement, dissociation, disconnection, irrelevancy._
=Release=, _v._ Discharge, extricate, disengage, quit, acquit; free, loose, liberate; exempt, indemnify; deliver, remit.
ANT. _Hold, bind, constrain, confine, fetter, shackle, fine, imprison, sentence, condemn._
=Relief.= Alleviation, mitigation, aid, help, succor, assistance, redress, remedy, indemnification; exemption, deliverance, refreshment, support, comfort.
ANT. _Oppression, persecution, aggravation, severity, cruelty; weariness, discomfort, exhaustion._
=Religion.= Devotion, faith, piety, righteousness, holiness, morality, godliness, pietism, worship, theology.
ANT. _Irreligion, atheism, unbelief, blasphemy, impiety, godlessness, profanity, sacrilege, ungodliness, wickedness._
=Relinquish.= Resign, leave, quit, forsake, abandon, renounce, desert, forbear, forego; surrender, discontinue.
ANT. _Retain, hold, keep, detain, preserve, support, cling to, sustain, maintain; continue, be constant to, persevere, persist._
=Reluctant.= Loath, slow, disinclined, indisposed, averse, backward, opposed, unwilling.
ANT. _Eager, favorable, willing, inclined, desirous, disposed._
=Remain.= Wait, tarry, rest, sojourn, last, dwell; stay, abide, continue, endure; survive, outlive.
ANT. _Leave, abandon, depart, remove, go, disappear, flit; die, pass._
=Remark.= Comment, note, observation, utterance, annotation.
=Remarkable.= Observable, rare, noticeable, extraordinary, unusual, strange, wonderful, notable, eminent; distinguished, famous, prominent, conspicuous; singular, peculiar, individual.
ANT. _Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday, common, general._
=Remembrance.= Memory, recollection, reminiscence; memento, souvenir, memorandum, memorial, token.
ANT. _Oblivion, forgetfulness._
=Reminiscence.= Memory, recollection, remembrance; remnant, relic, trace.
ANT. _Oblivion, forgetfulness; announcement, warning, suggestion, prognostic._
=Remote.= Removed, far, distant; irrelevant, not related; foreign, indirect, unconnected, alien, unallied; separate, abstract.
ANT. _Near, close, direct, related, connected, contiguous, immediate; present, pressing, urgent; proximate; essential, important._
=Rend.= Burst, break, rip, sever, mangle, rupture, sunder, tear, lacerate, rive, slit.
ANT. _Mend, reunite, secure, unite, weld, heal, join, solder, sew, stitch._
=Render.= Return, pay back, restore; requite; give up, yield, surrender; furnish, contribute, deliver; translate, interpret, set forth, exhibit, try out; apportion, give, present, assign.
ANT. _Keep, withhold, appropriate, retain, refuse, use, apply, employ; alienate, misapportion._
=Renounce.= Abandon, abjure, deny, disavow, disown, forswear, disclaim, retract, repudiate, revoke, recall, refuse, reject, discard, recant.
ANT. _Advocate, avow, claim, assert, defend, hold, proclaim, own, acknowledge, cherish, retain, uphold, vindicate, maintain._
=Renown.= Fame, distinction, notice, repute, name, reputation, celebrity, honor, glory, eminence.
ANT. _Disgrace, shame, dishonor, disrepute, discredit, degradation, taint, stain, brand._
=Renunciation.= Denial, disownment, renouncement, disclaimer, rejection, abjuration, recantation, abandonment.
ANT. _Maintenance, support, vindication, assertion, defense, apology, justification._
=Repeat.= Reiterate, renew, relate, recapitulate, recite, reproduce, rehearse, renovate.
ANT. _Discontinue, drop, end, finish, stop, cease, break off, interrupt._
=Repentance.= Penitence, regret, remorse, sorrow, compunction, contrition, self-condemnation, contriteness.
ANT. _Impenitence, obstinacy, obduracy; comfort, complacency, approval, hardness, content, self-approval, self-complacency, self-congratulation; stubbornness._
=Repletion.= Fulness, superabundance, plethora, abundance, amplitude, sufficiency, enough.
ANT. _Scarcity, want, lack, insufficiency, need._
=Reply.= Answer, respond, rejoin, replicate.
ANT. _Question, query, ask, inquire; disregard, pass, drop, ignore._
=Report.= Account, description, narration, narrative, recital, rehearsal, relation, record, tale, rumor, statement, story.
ANT. _Allegory, fabrication, fiction._
=Repose=, _n._ Rest, recumbency, reclination, ease, quiet, quietness, tranquillity, peace; calmness, quiescence.
ANT. _Unrest, agitation, tumult, movement, restlessness, turmoil, commotion, distraction._
=Represent.= Present anew, portray, typify, delineate; personate, act; perform; depict, describe, show, exhibit.
ANT. _Misrepresent; falsify, caricature, distort._
=Reproach=, _n._ Disrepute, opprobrium, discredit, dishonor, invective, contumely, reviling, vilification, abuse, scurrility, insolence, insult, scorn, contempt, ignominy, shame, scandal, disgrace, infamy.
ANT. _Approbation, satisfaction, praise, encouragement, exaltation, commendation, honor, applause, eulogy, assent, acceptance, approval._
=Reproach=, _v._ Chide, rebuke, revile, condemn, vilify; blame, censure, taunt, upbraid, reprove.
ANT. _Praise, approve, commend, laud, applaud, eulogize._
=Reproof.= Comment, criticism, disapproval, chiding, reproach, upbraiding, reproval, admonition, animadversion; censure, blame, condemnation, denunciation, objurgation, reprehension, rebuke, reprimand; reflection, check.
ANT. _Commendation, panegyric, approbation, applause, approval, encomium, praise, eulogy._
=Reprove.= Admonish, blame, reproach, censure, condemn, reprimand, warn, upbraid, chide, check, chasten, find fault with, expostulate with, rebuke, reprehend, remonstrate with, take to task.
ANT. _Abet, applaud, encourage, cheer, countenance, incite, urge on, impel, instigate, approve._
=Repugnant.= Opposite, opposed, adverse, contrary, inconsistent, irreconcilable, hostile, inimical; incompatible, loath; heterogeneous.
ANT. _Harmonious, friendly, amicable, willing, consistent, compatible, congruous; homogeneous._
=Reputable.= Honorable, respectable, estimable, creditable.
ANT. _Disreputable, disgraceful, dishonorable, discreditable, despicable._
=Requite.= Avenge, pay off, quit, punish, retaliate, revenge; satisfy, settle with, reward, return, repay, remunerate, recompense, compensate, reciprocate.
ANT. _Absolve, acquit, forgive, excuse, neglect, pardon, slight, forget, overlook, pass over._
=Research.= Inquiry, scrutiny, examination, experimentation, exploration, discovery, investigation, study, observation.
ANT. _Ignorance, oversight, inobservance; shallowness, superficiality, sciolism._
=Reserve=, _n._ Reservation, retention, limitation, backwardness, coldness, shyness, coyness, modesty; taciturnity, restraint, repression, constraint.
ANT. _Profuseness, prodigality, diffusion; affability, geniality, cordiality, abandonment, surrender, openness, frankness, transparency, indiscretion, volubility._
=Resignation.= Relinquishment, forsaking, abandonment, abdication, renunciation, endurance; patience, long-suffering, forbearance; acquiescence, submission.
ANT. _Maintenance, grasp, resistance, retention, rebellion, remonstrance, contention, reservation, holding, keeping, retaining, detention; murmuring, dissatisfaction, discontent, protestation._
=Resolute.= Determined, decided, fixed, steadfast, constant, persevering, firm, bold, unshaken, steady; undaunted, unflinching, stout-hearted.
ANT. _Irresolute, timid, hesitating, doubtful, wavering, vacillating, capricious, variable, weak, undetermined, undecided._
=Resources.= Expedient, means, resort, contrivance; supplies, devices, money, wealth, appliances, funds.
ANT. _Destitution, poverty, indigence, bareness, want, exhaustion, inanition, lack, drain._
=Respectable.= Estimable, honorable, worthy, considerable, reputable, honest; passable.
ANT. _Unworthy, bad, mean, dishonorable, dishonest, paltry, inconsiderable._
=Resplendent.= Brilliant, splendid, glorious, luminous, effulgent, gorgeous, shining, glittering, burnished.
ANT. _Dull, tarnished, lusterless, somber, dimmed, sullied._
=Rest.= Pause, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquillity, intermission, cessation, ease, calm, peacefulness, calmness, quiescence, stop, repose, quietude, quietness, recreation, sleep, slumber.
ANT. _Agitation, commotion, disturbance, excitement, restlessness, strain, stir, tumult, work, unrest, toil, disquiet, motion, movement, rush._
=Restive.= Restless, restiff, fidgety, fretful, fractious, refractory, intractable, impatient, rebellious, skittish; resentful, recalcitrant, balky, vicious, unruly, stubborn, mulish, mutinous, obstinate.
ANT. _Docile, gentle, submissive, passive, quiet, tractable, yielding, obedient, manageable, peaceable._
=Restore.= Return, replace, refund, repay, reinstate, rebuild, repair, revive, heal, cure, recover.
ANT. _Remove, steal, appropriate, abstract, destroy, shatter, injure, dilapidate, impair; deprive; wound, harm._
=Restrain.= Constrain, hold in, check, repress, circumscribe, confine, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, restrict, suppress, withhold, bridle, abridge, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under.
ANT. _Let loose, set free, release, arouse, aid, emancipate, animate, incite, excite, encourage, free, impel._
=Result.= Consequence, issue, conclusion, effect; end, event, termination, product, outcome; inference, deduction; resolution, determination.
ANT. _Cause, beginning, commencement, rise, origin, antecedent, prognostic, initiation, premonition, indication._
=Retinue.= Attendants, suite, followers, train, retainers, satellites, escort, cortège.
ANT. _Solitariness, non-attendance._
=Retirement.= Privacy, solitude, loneliness, seclusion.
ANT. _Company, converse, society, fellowship, companionship, association._
=Retribution.= Requital, retaliation, payment, recompense; repayment, compensation, reward, return; penalty, punishment, visitation.
ANT. _Remission, reprieve; pardon, condonation, sparing._
=Retrospect.= Review, survey, reconsideration, reëxamination; recollection, reminiscence, memory.
ANT. _Prospect, prophecy, anticipation, forecasting, prognostication, speculation._
=Return=, _v._ Turn back, come back; reply, respond; answer; restore, recompense, remit, render; reappear, recur; revert, retaliate.
ANT. _Depart, vanish, disappear, remove; retain, misappropriate; withhold._
=Revelation.= Disclosure, manifestation, apocalypse.
ANT. _Concealment, shrouding, veiling, mystery, obscuration, cloud, cloudiness, hiding._
=Revenge.= Retaliation, retribution, vengeance, avenging, requital.
ANT. _Mercy, pardon, reconciliation, pity, compassion, excuse, grace, forgiveness._
=Revenue.= Income; taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, receipts; produce, return, wealth, proceeds.
ANT. _Outgo, waste, expenditure, expense, deductions, impoverishment._
=Reverse=, _n._ Contrary, opposite, counterpart; change, vicissitude; inversion, counter-position; derangement, alteration; rear, back; misfortune, defeat.
ANT. _Obverse, front; order, arrangement, version, position, location; continuance, perpetuation, identity, stability, regularity, uniformity._
=Revive.= Reanimate, reinvigorate; restore, raise, recover, renew, recall; awake, revivify, resuscitate.
ANT. _Kill, destroy, extinguish, discourage; decline, die, droop._
=Revolution.= Lawlessness, insurrection, revolt, riot, sedition, anarchy, insubordination, rebellion, mutiny, confusion, disorder, tumult, disintegration.
ANT. _Government, submission, obedience, authority, control, command, dominion, domination, law, empire, rule, sovereignty, loyalty, supremacy, order._
=Revolve.= Roll, rotate, turn.
ANT. _Bind, grind, stand, slide, slip, stick, chafe._
=Reward=, _n._ Recompense, compensation, remuneration, pay, requital, retribution, punishment.
=Rich.= Wealthy, opulent, affluent, supplied, abounding; abundant, copious, bountiful; fertile, productive; valued, sumptuous, precious, costly; high-seasoned; luscious; vivid.
ANT. _Poor, indigent, needy, impoverished, destitute, impecunious, penniless; lacking, scanty, scarce, meager; barren, sterile; trivial, worthless, unproductive, fruitless, paltry, valueless; dull, tame, dry._
=Riches.= Opulence, wealth, affluence, richness, plenty, abundance.
ANT. _Poverty, want, indigence, scarcity, need, lack, impecuniosity._
=Riddle.= Conundrum, paradox, problem, puzzle, enigma.
ANT. _Axiom, answer, explanation, solution, proposition._
=Ridicule.= Derision, raillery, banter, burlesque, irony, satire, mocking, sarcasm, gibe, jeer, sneer.
ANT. _Respect, homage, veneration, deference, honor._
=Right=, _n._ Claim, liberty, prerogative, license, privilege, exemption, franchise, immunity, duty, justice, uprightness, integrity; title, ownership; interest; rectitude, correctness, power; propriety, fitness, suitableness.
ANT. _Wrong, falsehood, incorrectness, perverseness; liability, illegitimacy, non-legality, usurpation, injustice, impropriety, unfitness, encroachment, force, violence._
=Righteous.= Holy, uncorrupt, honest, equitable, rightful, upright, virtuous, just, good, conscientious.
ANT. _Unholy, corrupt, dishonest, unjust, wicked, evil, unscrupulous, vicious, false, unprincipled, profligate._
=Ripe.= Mature, complete, finished; perfect, developed, full-grown; fit, consummate; prepared; full, seasoned, mellow.
ANT. _Raw, unripe, crude, fresh, green, unseasoned, unprepared._
=Rise=, _v._ Arise, issue, flow, proceed, spring, ascend, emanate.
ANT. _Descend, drop, fall, go down, set, settle, sink, decline._
=Rival=, _v._ Emulate, antagonize, compete with, contend, strive, oppose, equal.
ANT. _Surrender, yield, defer, retire._
=Robber.= Brigand, marauder, pirate, plunderer, thief, burglar, bandit, highwayman, footpad, despoiler, depredator, raider, buccaneer, forager, freebooter.
=Robust.= Strong, lusty, sinewy, muscular, hale, hearty, vigorous, forceful; healthy, sturdy, sound; violent, rude, rough.
ANT. _Puny, weak, delicate, frail, sickly, emaciated, thin, slender, gentle, mild, considerate, tender._
=Romantic.= Sentimental, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, wild, extravagant, chimerical.
ANT. _Unromantic, truthful, unvarnished, unadorned, veritable, actual, real, realistic, reasonable._
=Root.= Radix, radicle, stock, origin, foundation, base, source, stem, parent, commencement, beginning, radical, bottom.
ANT. _Branch, ramification, product, issue, progeny, superstructure._
=Rough.= Uneven, uncut, boisterous, unpolished; coarse, disordered, shaggy, ragged; rude, uncivil, harsh; loud, offensive; tempestuous, stormy; rugged, knotty, craggy, gruff; incomplete; uncourteous, churlish, blunt.
ANT. _Smooth, plain, level, polished, flat, glossy, sleek, soft, mild, quiet, refined, tender, gentle; balmy, zephyrlike._