1. coarse - Adjective
3. coarse - Adjective Satellite
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 dictionaryIt 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