Handsome and Rough

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Handsome adjective - Having or showing elegance.

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Rough is an antonym for handsome in attractive topic.

Nearby Words: handsomeness, handsomely

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

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Handsome is an antonym for rough.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of World War One and the Easter Rising, At Swim, Two Boys tells the story of Irish Catholics Jim Mack, a naive and awkward scholar, and Doyler Doyle, the dark, rough and handsome son of an old army man, formerly best friends with Jim's dad.

Source: Literature / At Swim, Two Boys
Broken Bird: If you believe Bozena, she's had a pretty rough life, starting off as a handsome but inexperienced country girl and being taken advantage of, passing between lovers and brothels until finally ending up the lowest of the low and whoring herself out to schoolboys.

Source: Literature / The Confusions of Young Törless

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