| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abrasive | rough in manner or feel |
| 2. | battle-scarred | marked by hard experience |
| 3. | battle-worn | worn by hard struggle |
| 4. | bleak | harsh and without softness |
| 5. | blunt | direct and uncompromising |
| 6. | brusque | abrupt and rough |
| 7. | brutal | harsh and violent |
| 8. | bumpy | uneven and rough |
| 9. | calloused | hardened and rough |
| 10. | chaotic | roughly disordered |
| 11. | coarse | rough in texture or style |
| 12. | craggy | rough and uneven |
| 13. | crude | rough and unrefined |
| 14. | dark | bleak or harsh in tone |
| 15. | dingy | darkened and dirty |
| 16. | dirty | not clean; soiled |
| 17. | down-and-dirty | rough and realistic |
| 18. | dust-caked | covered thickly with dust |
| 19. | dusty | covered with dust |
| 20. | earthy | plain, rough, and real |
| 21. | ferocious | fierce and intense |
| 22. | filthy | very dirty |
| 23. | flinty | hard and cold |
| 24. | foul | very dirty or nasty |
| 25. | grainy | rough-textured or speckled |
| 26. | graphic | vividly harsh or explicit |
| 27. | grating | harsh and irritating |
| 28. | gravelly | harsh and rough-sounding |
| 29. | grim | harsh and depressing |
| 30. | grimy | dirty and rough-looking |
| 31. | grizzled | weathered and tough-looking |
| 32. | grueling | extremely tough and harsh |
| 33. | gruesome | harshly graphic and disturbing |
| 34. | gruff | rough and blunt |
| 35. | grungy | dirty and shabby |
| 36. | hard-bitten | tough from harsh experience |
| 37. | hard-edged | sharp, tough, and unsentimental |
| 38. | hard-nosed | practical and unsentimental |
| 39. | hard-used | worn by rough treatment |
| 40. | hardboiled | tough and cynical |
| 41. | hardcore | extreme and uncompromising |
| 42. | hardened | made tough by experience |
| 43. | harsh | severe and uncompromising |
| 44. | hoarse | rough and raspy-voiced |
| 45. | jagged | rough with sharp points |
| 46. | leathery | tough and weathered |
| 47. | merciless | showing no softness |
| 48. | mucky | dirty and muddy |
| 49. | mud-caked | covered thickly with mud |
| 50. | muddy | dirty with mud |
| 51. | nasty | unpleasant and harsh |
| 52. | noir | dark and hard-edged |
| 53. | pitiless | without compassion or softness |
| 54. | plainspoken | direct and unsoftened |
| 55. | ragged | rough and torn-looking |
| 56. | rasping | harsh and grating |
| 57. | raspy | harsh and rough-sounding |
| 58. | raw | unpolished and stark |
| 59. | realistic | true to harsh reality |
| 60. | rocky | full of rocks; rough |
| 61. | rough | not smooth; harsh |
| 62. | rowdy | rough and disorderly |
| 63. | rude | rough or lacking polish |
| 64. | rugged | rough and tough |
| 65. | rustic | simple and rough |
| 66. | sandy | full of grit or sand |
| 67. | scabrous | rough and hard to accept |
| 68. | scarred | marked by damage |
| 69. | scruffy | rough and untidy |
| 70. | seasoned | made tough by experience |
| 71. | severe | harsh and intense |
| 72. | shabby | worn and untidy |
| 73. | sooty | blackened with soot |
| 74. | squalid | filthy and miserable |
| 75. | stark | severe and plainly shown |
| 76. | steely | hard and determined |
| 77. | stony | hard and unfeeling |
| 78. | streetwise | tough and worldly |
| 79. | tattered | worn and ragged |
| 80. | thorny | rough or difficult |
| 81. | timeworn | worn by age |
| 82. | tough | strong and hardened |
| 83. | tumble-down | shabby and run-down |
| 84. | tumultuous | rough, loud, and chaotic |
| 85. | uncensored | not softened or cleaned up |
| 86. | unclean | dirty or impure |
| 87. | unfiltered | direct and unsoftened |
| 88. | unglamorous | plain and rough-edged |
| 89. | unpolished | rough and not refined |
| 90. | unsanitized | not cleaned up or softened |
| 91. | unsentimental | not softened by emotion |
| 92. | unslick | not polished or glossy |
| 93. | unsparing | not softened or restrained |
| 94. | unvarnished | plain and not softened |
| 95. | visceral | raw and deeply felt |
| 96. | warts-and-all | showing flaws plainly |
| 97. | weathered | worn by exposure |
| 98. | windblown | roughened by wind |
| 99. | world-weary | hardened by life |
| 100. | worn | damaged by long use |