Questionable
Questionable adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Rough and questionable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Questionable".
Rough
Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.
Questionable and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Questionable" instead an adjective "Rough".
Both words in one sentence
- He's mean, rough, not afraid to be violent to get what he wants, and has questionable morals.
Source: Analysis / The Bully -
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Tsukasa is definitely the most rough-edged and morally questionable member of F4, and the one who gets the girl (although Tsukushi was initially turned off by his Jerkass ways and preferred the more subdued Rui).
Source: Manga / Hana Yori Dango -
Black Market: Though not explicitly stated in the games themselves, the manuals say that X-COM sold goods to buyers of questionable reputation, and when the times became rough they even stopped bothering asking about who's buying as long as they had the cash.
Source: Video Game / X-COM
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