1. made rough or uneven in texture or surface

1. past tense and past participle of roughen; made or became rough

Examples

• The sandpaper roughened the wood surface.
• Her hands were roughened from years of manual labor.
• The wind and salt air had roughened his skin.
• The artist roughened the canvas to create texture.
• Time had roughened the once-smooth stone steps.
• The mechanic’s palms were roughened from handling tools.
• Weather had roughened the paint on the old fence.