1. roughly shaped or cut, especially with an axe or similar tool; not smoothly finished
Usage: often used of wood or stone
2. lacking refinement or polish in manner or appearance; crude or unrefined
Usage: figurative use

Examples

• The cabin was built with roughhewed logs that still showed axe marks.
• Roughhewed beams supported the old barn’s roof.
• His roughhewed manners betrayed his humble origins.
• The sculpture had a roughhewed quality that gave it primitive appeal.
• She preferred the roughhewed wooden table to the polished one.
• The roughhewed stone walls added character to the cottage.