荒っぽい

あらっぽい
rough
rude

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あらっぽい【荒っぽい】

*rough

/rʌ́f/ (扱いなどが)荒っぽい；〔人・物の〕扱いが乱暴な〔with〕；手荒な

Football players are expected to be rough. フットボール選手は荒っぽくないといけない《◆良い意味の例》

This machine has had rough usage. この機械は荒っぽい使われ方をされてきた.

**wild

〖S〗〖D〗 (人などが)乱暴な， 手に負えない.

*rude

(扱い方などが)荒っぽい.

*physical

《略式》乱暴な《◆ rough の遠回し語》.

*violent

〖S〗〖D〗 (人・手段などが)乱暴な， 暴力的な.

indelicate

《正式》下品な， 野卑な， 不作法な；繊細でない《◆しばしば rude の遠回し語》.

▲wild and woolly 粗野な， 荒っぽい.

¶ → 荒っぽく

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あらっぽい【荒っぽい･粗っぽい】

〔粗暴な〕 wild; violent; rough; rough-mannered; knockabout 《performance》; 〔粗雑な〕 rough; coarse; crude; careless [slipshod] 《work》. [＝あらい², あらい³]

●荒っぽいことをする behave roughly [violently]; be unruly.

・彼の金は犯罪まがいの荒っぽいことをして稼いだものだ. He made his money by rough tactics that bordered on the criminal.

・子犬を殴り飛ばすなんて荒っぽいことをしたものだ. That's been [He's been] really violent, knocking the puppy around like that.

・〔借金を踏み倒すなど〕 荒っぽい世渡りをする live life dangerously

・荒っぽい言葉づかいの少年 a rough-spoken [rough-talking] lad

・彼は荒っぽい言葉づかいで部下を指図した. He spoke roughly as he gave directions [instructions] to his staff.

・こんな荒っぽい手法の絵画は見たことがない. I've never seen a picture painted with such crude techniques as this one. | I've never seen such a crudely painted picture as this one.

・これらの箱のリンゴは荒っぽい取り扱いで傷んでしまった. The apples in these cartons were bruised by rough handling.

・その強盗は荒っぽい手口で金品をさらっていった. The robber used crude means to break in, then made off with money and goods.

・今日の株取引は荒っぽい展開になった. Today's share transactions took a wild turn.

・彼は荒っぽい環境で少年時代を過ごした. He spent his youth in a stormy [rough] environment.

●彼女が子供をしかるときの言葉は荒っぽい. She speaks (too) harshly when she scolds her child(ren).

・この大工の仕事はずいぶん荒っぽい. This carpenter's work is quite careless [slipshod].

荒っぽく ＝あらく¹.

●荒っぽく取り扱う handle 《a tool, goods》 roughly

・彼の仕事は荒っぽく言えば客を身ぐるみはぐことだ. His job, to put it crudely, is to fleece the pants off the customers.

荒っぽさ roughness; coarseness; crudeness.

●今度の社長には先代のような荒っぽさはない. The new company president doesn't have the rough manners of his [her] predecessor.