Rough and Smoothed

Rough

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

Smoothed is an antonym for rough.

Smoothed

Smoothed adjective - Made smooth by ironing.

Rough is an antonym for smoothed in topics: level, suave in behavior.

Nearby Words: smooth, smoothing, smoother

Both words in one sentence

  • Art Evolution / Anime and Manga It started out rather rough, but as time went on he smoothed things out with his own style, a more typical shonen style with more detailed backgrounds.
  • Art Evolution As the artist gains expertise during the run of the series, there will be a gradual shift in the art as rough lines are smoothed out and designs refined.
    Source: Art Evolution
  • The 1995 updated version smoothed out some of the rough edges, like by importing the auto-mapping system of the 16-bit era Shin Megami Tensei series.
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