coarse

Speech parts

1. coarse - Adjective

3. coarse - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vulgar uncouth rough unpolished harsh gross blunt rude obscene inelegant indelicate common thick crude indecent
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Antonyms

fine virgin dolce august grand immaculate
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Phrases with the word

coarse language make coarse coarse fabric coarse sugar coarse hair coarse salt

Anagrams

Acores acrose Rascoe rosace

Examples

It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium. George Eliot

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities ... will always be the favourite beverage of the intellectual. Thomas De Quincey

If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes -- no other marks or brands recollected. Abraham Lincoln

Better coarse cloth than naked thighs. Danish Proverb

Whoever exchanges gets rid of the coarse and the bad. Sicilian Proverb

It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Coard coarea coarray coarse fabric coarse fish coarse fodder