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roughen
synonyms for roughen
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- adapt
- adjust
- blunt
- brutalize
- callous
- callus
- coarsen
- conform
- deaden
- develop
- discipline
- dull
- embitter
- habituate
- indurate
- inure
- numb
- paralyze
- season
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- stun
- stupefy
- teach
- train
- case-harden
- climatize
- make callous
- render insensitive
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How to use roughen in a sentence
The rubber used should not be of a harsh grade, since that will roughen the face of the paper and probably cause the ink to run.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught | Joshua RoseTake a piece of sand-paper and roughen the edges of the break as far around as the size of the patch.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians | William K. DavidThe path, to be sure, does not roughen until one has gone along it for twenty-eight hundred miles.
American Big-Game Hunting | Various
Heading weatherward, he gave more heed to the wheel, for there were signs that the water was going to roughen somewhat.
The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless | H. Irving HancockNo amount of the hardest known abrasive will even roughen its surface.
The Skylark of Space | Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
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