coarse

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coarse Definition

• (a) of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
• (s) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence";
• (s) of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
• (s) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

coarse Synonyms

• coarse
• common
• crude
• earthy
• gross
• rough-cut
• uncouth
• vulgar