غَلِيظٌ
1.
(S, &c.) Thick, gross, big, bulky, or coarse; (Mgh, Msb, K;) as also
غُلَاظٌ: (K:) feminine of the former with ة: (TA:) and plural غِلَاظٌ. (Msb, TA.) Applied [to a body, &c.; and, as meaning Thick, or coarse,] to a garment, or piece of cloth. (Mgh, K.) You say also, أَرْضٌ غَلِيظَةٌ
Rough, or rugged, land. (ISd, TA.) [And in this sense, of rough, or rugged,
غَلِيظٌ is used in relation to various things.]
2.
Applied to a colour [Dense, or deep: see غَضْبٌ]. (K in article غضب.)
3.
Also, applied to a man, (tropical:) Characterized by
غِلْظَة, the opposite of
رِقَّة, in manners, disposition, action or conduct, speech, life, and the like; rough, coarse, rude, unkind, hard, churlish, uncivil, surly, rough in manners, hard to deal with, incompliant, unobsequious, evil in disposition, illnatured, or the like: (Msb, * TA:) and so غَلِيظُ
الجَانِبِ; [opposite of
لَيِّنُ الجَانِبِ:] (O and K in article فظ:) and غَلِيظُ القَلْبِ
hard-hearted; (Bd in iii. 153;) evil in disposition, or illnatured. (TA.) Applied also to an affair, meaning (tropical:) Hard, or difficult. (TA.) And to punishment, [in the Qur'an, 11:61, &c.,] meaning (tropical:) Vehement, or severe; (Mgh;) intensely painful. (Msb.) And [in like manner] to slaying and wounding. (TA.) And to a compact, or covenant, [in the Qur'an, 4:25, &c.,] meaning (tropical:) Strong, confirmed, or ratified. (Mgh, TA.) And to water, meaning (tropical:) Bitter. (TA.)