Coarse

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Table of contents

1 Pronunciation

2 Adjective

2.1 Translations
2.2 Synonyms

3 Adverb

4 Noun

Pronunciation

kô(r)s, /kɔː(r)s/, /kO:(r)s/
Homophones: course
Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s

Adjective

coarse (coarser, coarsest)

Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; -- opposed to fine.
Not refined; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

Translations

Chinese: 粗糙的 (cucaode)
Dutch: ruwe
French: brut m, brute f
German: grob
Japanese: 粗い (あらい, arai)
Portuguese: grosseiro m, grosseira f

Synonyms

(of inferior quality): thick, rough, sharp, hard
(not refined): rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar

Adverb

coarsely

In a coarse manner.

Noun

coarseness

The quality or state of being coarse; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.

WordNet Definitions

four

1. coarse (vs. fine) -- (of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave").
2. coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar -- (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich").
3. coarse, common -- (of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population").
4. coarse, crude, earthy, gross, vulgar -- (conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited").

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