Meaning

2 senses

  1. An uncut diamond.

    He wants to go try his luck at that state park in Arkansas where you can look for diamonds in the rough and you can keep what you find.

  2. (figuratively)A person or thing whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.

    Her auto mechanic is a diamond in the rough: tough-talking but honest, even generous.

    ungeschliffenes Juwel

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He's a diamond in the rough.

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  2. He is a diamond in the rough.

    deEr ist ein Rohdiamant. — Vortarulo

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  3. Tom is a diamond in the rough.

    ruТом — неогранённый алмаз. — Wezel

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
person with hidden qualities:

Forms

plural: diamonds in the rough

Synonyms

1 synonyms
rough diamond

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
diametricallydiamondA2diaperB1diaphanousdiaphragm

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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