Bluff
Rough
Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.
Bluff is a synonym for rough in rude topic. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead an adjective "Rough", if it concerns topics such as ungracious.
How words are described
| total | total bluff | total rough |
Common collocations
| someone | bluff someone | rough someone |
Both words in one sentence
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Hope Spot: The Maersk Alabama manages to shake off the pirates on the first day thanks to seas too rough for a small pirate skiff and a good bluff on Phillips' part on the radio.
Source: Film / Captain Phillips - I started out on burgundy But soon hit the harder stuff Everybody said they'd stand behind me When the game got rough But the joke was on me There was nobody even there to bluff I'm going back to New York City I do believe I've had enough.
Source: Drunken Song -
I started out on burgundy/But soon hit the harder stuff/Everybody said theyd stand behind me/When the game got rough/But the joke was on me/There was nobody even there to call my bluff/Im going back to New York City/I do believe Ive had enough
Source: Drowning My Sorrows
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