rough water

Noun

Meaning

used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

roughness choppiness

Hypernyms

storminess

Examples

Another lesson to be learned, to continue using my oceanographic metaphor, is that while you are swimming and not sinking you should aim for rough water. Steven Weinberg

Close letter words and terms

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