Offensive and Rough

Offensive

Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Rough and offensive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

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Offensive and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Rough".

massive	massive offensive	massive rough
little	little offensive	little rough

Raynie is a partial example, having the grace in battle and offensive power of a Lady, but being slightly more rough around the edges than is typical for this trope.

Source: Lady of Black Magic
The first hunter fight in [PROTOTYPE] occurs well before Alex Mercer has a chance to upgrade his capabilities; as such, you'll probably have a rough time against them (after you kill one hunter, you gain your first offensive power, the claws; but they are not especially useful against hunters).

Source: Early Bird Boss
As of early June 2015, he is putting up an On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS) of 0.880 (a rough measure of offensive contribution).

Source: Sunk Cost Fallacy

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