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coarseness

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coarseness in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
    coarseness  nubbiness  tweediness 
  2. the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
    coarseness  graininess  granularity 
  3. the quality of lacking taste and refinement
    coarseness  commonness  grossness  vulgarity  vulgarism  raunch 
  4. language or humor that is down-to-earth
    "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre"
    saltiness  coarseness 
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