| coarse [a] |
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| 1) | of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" |
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| coarse-grained coarse-grained granulated loose rough texture fine |
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| 2) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | common rough-cut uncouth vulgar |
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| unrefined |
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| 3) | of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" |
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| Synonyms : | common |
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| inferior |
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| 4) | 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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| Synonyms : | crude earthy gross vulgar |
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| indecent |
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