COARSE


Meaning of COARSE in English

adj. Function: adjective

1 made up of relatively large particles FF1C; coarse sand FF1E;

Synonyms: grainy, granular

Related Words: caked, cakey, lumpy, particulate

2

Synonyms: CRUDE 5, inexpert, prentice

3 deficient in refinement of manner and delicacy of feeling FF1C; a coarse practical man lacking all social graces FF1E;

Synonyms: crass, crude, gross, incult, inelegant, low, raw, rough, rude, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar; compare BOORISH

Related Words: raffish, roughneck, rowdy, vulgarian; common, tacky

Contrasted Words: considerate, courtly, gracious; cultivated, polished, refined

4

Synonyms: OBSCENE 2, dirty, filthy, foul, indecent, nasty, raunchy, scatological, smutty, vulgar

|| 5

Synonyms: WILD 6, blustering, blustery, dirty, furious, raging, rough, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent

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