coarseness

coarse  (kôrs, krs)

adj. coars·er, coars·est

1. Of low, common, or inferior quality.

2.

a. Lacking in delicacy or refinement: coarse manners.

b. Vulgar or indecent: coarse language.

3. Consisting of large particles; not fine in texture: coarse sand.

4. Rough, especially to the touch: a coarse tweed.

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[Middle English cors, probably from course, custom; see course.]

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coarsely adv.

coarseness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coarseness - language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" saltiness expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
	2.	coarseness - the quality of being composed of relatively large particles graininess, granularity raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven sandiness - a texture resembling that of sand
	3.	coarseness - looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) nubbiness, tweediness raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
	4.	coarseness - the quality of lacking taste and refinement grossness, raunch, vulgarity, commonness, vulgarism inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

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coarseness

noun

1. roughness, unevenness This gadget chops vegetables to the exact degree of coarseness or fineness required.

2. vulgarity, smut, roughness, poor taste, earthiness, crudity, offensiveness, boorishness, ribaldry, bawdiness, uncouthness, indelicacy, smuttiness She showed a certain coarseness in sexual matters.

Translations

coarseness [ˈkɔːsnɪs] N

1. (= roughness) [of texture] → aspereza f; [of fabrication] → tosquedad f

2. (= lack of refinement) → falta f de finura, falta f de elegancia

3. (= vulgarity) [of person, remark] → ordinariez f, tosquedad f; [of joke] → lo verde

coarseness [ˈkɔː^rsnɪs] n (= vulgarity) [person, behaviour] → vulgarité f

coarseness

n

(of texture) → Grobheit f

(fig: = vulgarity) → Gewöhnlichkeit f; (of person, manners also) → Grobheit f, → Ungeschliffenheit f; (of joke also) → Unanständigkeit f; (of sb’s language) → Derbheit f; the coarseness of his laugh → sein derbes Lachen

coarseness [ˈkɔːsnɪs] n (of material) → ruvidezza; (of salt, sand) → grossezza; (of laugh, remark) → volgarità f inv

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coarseness [ˈkɔːsnɪs] n (of material) → ruvidezza; (of salt, sand) → grossezza; (of laugh, remark) → volgarità f inv