roughneck

Speech parts

1. roughneck - Noun

2. roughneck - Verb

Meaning

a cruel and brutal fellow

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

tough bully rowdy hooligan ruffian YOB yobo yobbo hector lech tiger hood git boor vandal

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Antonyms

angel pal philosopher innocent elegant smoothie

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Hypernyms

attacker aggressor assailant assaulter

Hyponyms

skin muscle skinhead muscleman plug-ugly bullyboy

Examples

Roughneck and rudeness, We should be using, On the ones who practice wicked charms, For the sword and the stone, Bad to the bone, Battle's not over, Even when it's won, And when a child is born into this world, It has no concept, Of the tone the skin is living in. Neneh Cherry

It defies all common sense to send that roughneck ward politician back to the White House. Robert A. Taft

Carlson, Roughneck, pg. 183. Haywood was purged from the National Executive Committee by passage of an amendment that focused on the direct action and sabotage tactics advocated by the IWW. Source: Internet

Carlson, Roughneck, 200 Debs was probably the only person who could have saved Haywood's seat. Source: Internet

Carlson, Roughneck, pg. 159. The Cooper Union speech was the beginning of a split between Bill Haywood and the Socialist Party, leading to the split between the factions of the IWW, one faction loyal to the Socialist Party, and the other to Haywood. Source: Internet

Roughneck, The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood, Peter Carlson, 1983, pages 196–197. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

roughly measured roughly speaking roughly translated roughness roughness indicator roughness instrument