adjective
- roughly shaped or cut, especially with an axe or similar tool; not smoothly finished
- lacking refinement or polish in manner or appearance; crude or unrefined
Usage: often used of wood or stone
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- The cabin was built with roughhewed logs that still showed axe marks.
- Roughhewed beams supported the old barn’s roof.
- His roughhewed manners betrayed his humble origins.
- The sculpture had a roughhewed quality that gave it primitive appeal.
- She preferred the roughhewed wooden table to the polished one.
- The roughhewed stone walls added character to the cottage.