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"rough" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often bruising (8 letters).
Definitions
ready and able to resort to force or violence
Word origin
From Middle English rough, roughe, roȝe, row, rou, ru, ruȝ, ruh, from Old English rūg, rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz.
Used in a sentence
“rough hands”
“rough stone”
“rough surface”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Uneven to touch”5 letters
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