coarse

Examples

• All

• There's no need for such coarse language, young lady.

  Autopsy (2008)

• I consider your language coarse and your manners offensive.

  Wilson (1944)

• Such a coarse, condescending man.

  Crimson Peak (2015)

• Yet there was something coarse about his neatness and something coarse about the man.

  Fiction book (1992)

• There is no place for coarse language, no room for "double entendres."

  Academic text (1991)

• Mr. Rochester is revoltingly coarse and as ugly as sin.

  Jane Eyre (1943)

• Although he was not coarse, he lacked the refinement of Okasan's family.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Instead, his voice cracked or faded to a coarse, amused whisper as he beckoned the crowd to join in.

  Fiction book (1993)

• It was as if a coarse hand had rubbed off the delicate tints of that sweet picture and brought to it a dread colour.

• And he marries this neighbor, Mary Jane Claremont, who most of his friends dislike, think that she's a very vulgar and coarse lady.

Synonyms

C

common

vscoarse

• Offensive

182 5.7

Low quality and often rude in style

is social and class related lack rather than only poor style

R

rough

vscoarse

114 3.9

Not polite, showing rude or harsh behavior

is about lack of cultivated taste rather than only bluntness

V

vulgar

vscoarse

52 6.1

Showing little good taste or refinement in style

is general lack of refinement rather than intentional offensiveness

U

uncouth

vscoarse

• Offensive

10 8.4

Not polite or well behaved in a rough way

is a broader lack of refinement in style or taste

U

unpolished

vscoarse

4 4.4

Rough in behavior, skill, or looks and awkward in social situations

is harsher and more about bad taste than mere lack of finish

C

crude

vscoarse

3 3.9

Plain and direct without gentle words

is harsher in manner and taste rather than merely plainness

R

rough-cut

vscoarse

6.8

Not polished in style or manners

is more about a raw unfinished state than social bad manners

R

roughish

vscoarse

5.4

Feels slightly rough to the touch

is a weaker degree of lacking refinement rather than full absence

Antonyms

S

sophisticated

279 6.8

A machine or system with many advanced parts and careful design

R

refined

• Formal

4 4.1

Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste

C

cultivated

• Formal

5.4

Having good education, polite manners, and good taste

Compounds

C

coarse-furred

6.6

Having rough fur that does not feel soft

C

coarse-grained sand

• Specialized

3.7

A type of sand with large rough grains used for building, gardening, or sports surfaces

C

coarse-grained texture

• Specialized

5.8

A rough surface with large, easily seen grains

C

coarse-grained

4.8

A rough texture made of large visible grains

C

coarse-grained

• Specialized

6.5

A way of describing data or plans in broad categories with little detail

C

coarse-textured

4.9

Having a rough surface that feels slightly scratchy

How Refined

sophisticated

86 6.7

polished

26 2.1

coarse

• Offensive

14 4.2

crude

• Offensive

45 5.1

Surface Forms

Etymology