Definition of "roughened" [roughened]

• Simple past tense and past participle of roughen. (verb)

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• "His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended."
• "The flute accentuates the bubbles coming off the bottom because of a “poil mousse,” or a roughened “scratch point,” said Maxmilian Riedel, also on hand for the event."
• "Â After it dried, I sanded it lightly, which brought out the texture and roughened the surface to make adhesion better."