Coarse
[kɔːs] or [kɔrs]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; 'coarse meal'; 'coarse sand'; 'a coarse weave' .
(adj.) of low or inferior quality or value; 'of what coarse metal ye are molded'- Shakespeare; 'produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population' .
Typist: Wanda--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
Typist: Rosanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of large size.[2]. Of large fibres or particles.[3]. Crude, rough, impure, unpurified.[4]. Gross, broad, indelicate, indecent, vulgar, not refined.[5]. Rude, unpolished, uncivil, impolite, gruff, bluff, bearish, brutal.[6]. Mean, vile, inelegant.
Checked by Alfreda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Common, ordinary, indelicate, vulgar, gross, unrefined, immodest, rough, rude,unpolished
ANT:Fine, refined_gentle, polished, delicate, choice
Edited by Jonathan
Definition
adj. rough: rude: uncivil: vulgar: harsh: gross.—adj. Coarse′-grained coarse in the grain as wood: (fig.) inelegant gross.—adv. Coarse′ly.—v.t. Coars′en to make coarse.—n. Coarse′ness.—adj. Coars′ish somewhat coarse.
Typist: Rudy
Examples
- To this plunger is attached a weighted case filled with one or many tons of metal or other coarse material. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Take my ticker and such of your things as you can SPARE, and send them to Balls--we must, of coarse, have the sum to-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His nose has become red, and he is exceedingly coarse in appearance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There, said the former, throwing him a pair of coarse, stout shoes, such as were common among the slaves, put these on. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At last, in this coarse garb we wear, she recognized him in the street. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Knife roughed with coarse emery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The longer and coarser the wire, the lower the pitch of the tone produced. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The greater the current to be carried, the coarser is the wire required for safety. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- After drying, the salt is sifted and the fine table salt is separated from the coarser products. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The edges of the lower mandible are serrated with teeth much more prominent, coarser and sharper than in the duck. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is also employed economically for engravings, to give a fine surface to a thick sheet of coarser material. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The butcher and the porkman painted up, only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It enabled all kinds of fabrics, from the finest to the coarsest, to be cheaply woven into patterns having figured or ornamental designs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He talked of himself incessantly, sometimes in the coarsest and vulgarest Hampshire accent; sometimes adopting the tone of a man of the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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