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Roughened

Roughen \Rough"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roughened; p. pr. & vb. n. Roughening.] [From Rough.] To make rough.

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roughened

vb. (en-past of: roughen)

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roughened

adj. used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips" [syn: chapped, cracked]

Usage examples of "roughened".

But bordering the road to the westward, the surface roughened and raised, clambering up to the higher ground, on the crest of which the old Mission and its surrounding pear trees were now plainly visible.

After a moment, rubbing the roughened surface of his chin the wrong way, he muttered to his image in the glass: That a mug!

The inner wall of the stomach appeared roughened, but Mae said that was normal.

Instead, it was roughened everywhere, and in a few places looked as if it had been scraped.

Marita leaned her forehead on her muddy knees and massaged her neck with roughened fingers.

He caught her face between his hands and pressed his Ups to the roughened skin.

He flipped open the cover and stroked the paper with roughened fingers.

You never get to touch the cards and all too often the cards are trimmed or roughened to hold together in the brace box.

They became so deliciously sensitive against his roughened skin, she wanted to scream from pleasure.

Then he suddenly shoved one warm, roughened finger up into her, pressing it deep, and she nearly choked on her shock as something thick and voluptuous crawled through her body, as if her hunger for him had stretched to life inside her.

He trailed a finger over one bare shoulder, his roughened skin caressing her flesh.

His voice roughened, the grief that had pierced her soul when he left echoed in it.

She spread out her child-small hands, with the roughened skin of washing-up on the fingers and backs.