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