Past tense of rough
regular verb
The past tense of rough is roughed. The past participle is also roughed.
Forms of rough
| Base form (V1) | rough /ɹʌf/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | roughed |
| Past participle (V3) | roughed |
| Present participle | roughing |
| Third person singular | roughs |
Roughed in a sentence
- I was able to help Trudy set up camp and everything else, of course there are different ways to camp the usual comfortable way or roughed we of course roughed it and I did my best to keep warm.2013, Anne-Marie K. Kittiphanh, If Life Gave Me LEMONS, I Would Turn It into HONEY, →ISBN
- The gangsters roughed him up a little.From the entry rough up
- My uncle got roughed up by some corporate thugs after they caught him trying to unionize their workers.From the entry unionize
- The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.From the entry rough up the bullpen
- What have you done to find those chukes who roughed up Bam Stegner?2015, Meryl Sawyer, The Hideaway. From the entry chuke
Meaning of rough
- adjective Not smooth; uneven.
- adjective Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- adjective Turbulent.
Questions about the past tense of rough
- What is the past tense of rough?
- The past tense of rough is roughed.
- What is the past participle of rough?
- The past participle of rough is roughed.
- Is rough a regular or irregular verb?
- Rough is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rough (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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