View results from:
Wordnet |
Webster |
Wiktionary |
Easton
coarse in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
"coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
coarse harsh
- of low or inferior quality or value
"of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
coarse common
- 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"
coarse common rough-cut uncouth vulgar
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University