(n.) The quality or state of being rough.

CAT Gothicism abruptness acerbity acidity acidulousness acridity acrimony acuteness aerospace aerosphere aggressiveness air hole air pocket airspace animality arrhythmia asperity astringency atrocity austerity bad taste barbarism barbarity barbarousness bearishness beastliness bite bitingness bitterness bloodlust bluntness bombasticness boorishness brashness brokenness brusqueness brusquerie brutality bump cacology cacophony callowness capriciousness causticity ceiling choppiness churlishness clumsiness coarse-grainedness coarseness cracked voice crassness crosswind crudeness crudity crustiness cumbrousness curtness cuttingness destructiveness desultoriness disconnectedness discontinuity discord dryness dysphemism earthiness eccentricity edge empty space erraticness extremity favorable wind ferociousness fibrillation fierceness fitfulness fits and starts fluctuation fog force front furiousness gaudiness gracelessness graininess granularity granulation greenness grimness grip grittiness grossness gruffness gutturalism gutturality gutturalness hardness harshness head wind heaviness high-pressure area hoarseness hole huskiness ill-balanced sentences immatureness immaturity impetuosity impropriety impurity inclemency inconcinnity inconstancy incorrectness indecorousness inelegance inelegancy infelicity inhumanity intensity intermittence ionosphere irregularity jerkiness jetstream keenness lack of finish lack of polish leadenness loudness low-pressure area malignity mercilessness meretriciousness mindlessness mordacity mordancy murderousness nastiness nondevelopment nonuniformity obscenity overcast oversimplicity oversimplification patchiness piquancy pitilessness pocket poignancy point pompousness ponderousness poor diction pungency raspiness raucity rawness reductionism ribaldry rigor rudeness savagery scrapiness scratchiness sesquipedalianism sesquipedality severity sharpness shortness simplism slipshod construction soup sourness space spasticity sporadicity sporadicness spottiness stagger sternness stertorousness stiltedness sting stratosphere stridency stringency substratosphere surliness tail wind tartness tastelessness teeth terrorism the rough thickness throatiness trenchancy tropopause troposphere trough truculence turbulence turgidity ugliness uncertainty uncouthness uncultivation undevelopment uneuphoniousness unevenness unfinish unfinishedness unfledgedness ungentleness ungracefulness unmethodicalness unpredictability unrefinement unripeness unseemliness unsteadiness unsystematicness unwieldiness vandalism variability vehemence venom viciousness violence virulence visibility visibility zero vulgarism vulgarity whimsicality wobble