Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Roughness has 8 different meanings across 1 category:
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
rowdy behavior
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
harsh or severe speech or behavior
"men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"
"the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"
The property of being rough, coarseness.