dog rough

adjective3

1. •
   Very rowdy, disorderly, and dangerous.

   • Back in the days when Cork City was dog rough, where to take a night-time stroll was an act of madness comparable to forcing long deadly skewers into your eyeballs, Cork was a jungle back then. — 2007
2. •
   Suffering the effects of stress or excess.

   • “I felt dog rough on Thursday evening,” I say. — 2011
3. •
   Very difficult and unpleasant.

   • “Ach, life was dog rough back there, Tom, that it was. — 2007