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- DictionaryCoarse/kôrs/
adjective
- 1. rough or loose in texture or grain: "a coarse woolen cloth" Similar roughbristlyscratchypricklyhairyshaggywiryOpposite soft
- ▪ made of large grains or particles: "dry, coarse sand"
- ▪ (of grains or particles) large: "under the microscope they are seen to contain coarse grains"
- ▪ (of a person's features) not elegantly formed or proportioned: "his coarse, ugly features contorted with rage" Similar heavybroadlargeroughrough-hewnunrefinedinelegantruggedcraggyOpposite delicate
- ▪ (of food or drink) of inferior quality: "the wine is harsh, tannic, and coarse"
- 2. (of a person or their speech) rude, crude, or vulgar: "a man of coarse speech" Similar oafishloutishboorishchurlishuncouthrudediscourteousimpoliteungentlemanlyunladylikeill-mannereduncivilill-bredvulgarcommonroughuncultureduncivilizedcrassfoul-mouthedinformal:trailer-parkvulgarcruderudeoff coloroffensivedirtyfilthysmuttyobsceneindelicateimproperindecentindecorousunseemlycrasstastelesslewdprurientbawdyearthybroadribaldsaltyinformal:blueraunchynudge-nudgefarmyardOpposite sophisticatedrefinedinoffensive
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘ordinary or inferior’): origin uncertain; until the 17th century identical in spelling with course, and possibly derived from the latter in the sense ‘ordinary manner’.
Derivatives
- 1. coarsish adjective
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