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| 1. | [ adjective ] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | |
| Synonyms: | vulgar rough-cut uncouth common | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | unrefined | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch | |
| Examples: | "coarse meal" "coarse sand" "a coarse weave" |
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| Related terms: | fine farinaceous loose coarse-grained granulated rough texture | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | |
| Synonyms: | vulgar uncouth common | |
| Examples: | "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" "the vulgar display of the newly rich" |
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| Related terms: | unrefined | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of low or inferior quality or value | |
| Synonyms: | common | |
| Examples: | "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" |
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| Related terms: | inferior | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | |
| Synonyms: | earthy crude vulgar gross | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | indecent | |
| Similar spelling: |
Corse course Coursey Cohrs coerce courage cork Carse Corso Corsi corky corgi correggio coryza corozo Corixa |
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