Rough and Wimpy

Rough

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

Wimpy is an antonym for rough.

Wimpy

Wimpy adjective - Lacking bodily strength.

Rough is an antonym for wimpy in topics: gentle, breakable.

Nearby Words: wimp, wimpish

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Strip / Popeye Wimpy discovers a pearl in his oyster, and Rough House gives him 30 hamburgers for the pearl.
  • Comic Strip / Popeye Wimpy shows up at Rough House's diner and orders an oyster with his only dime.
  • Comic Strip / Popeye When Rough House goes to sell the pearl, he learns that it's just one of many imitation pearls Wimpy had bought earlier—for 10 cents each.
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