coarseness
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coarse
(kôrs)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.
[Middle English cors, probably from course, custom; see course.]
coarse′ly adv.
coarse′ness n.
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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" 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 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. | ![]() raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven | |
4. | ![]() 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.
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coarseness
nounThe quality or state of being obscene:
bawdiness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, lewdness, obscenity, profaneness, profanity, scurrility, scurrilousness, smuttiness, vulgarity, vulgarness.
Slang: raunch, raunchiness.
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Translations
خَشونَه، فَظاظَه، بَذاءَه
drsnosthrubost
grovhed
ruddaskapur
kabalıkterbiyesizlik
coarseness
[ˈkɔːsnɪs] N3. (= vulgarity) [of person, remark] → ordinariez f, tosquedad f; [of joke] → lo verde
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
coarseness
[ˈkɔːsnɪs] n (of material) → ruvidezza; (of salt, sand) → grossezza; (of laugh, remark) → volgarità f invCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
coarse
(koːs) adjective1. rough in texture or to touch; not fine. This coat is made of coarse material.
2. rude, vulgar or unrefined. coarse jokes.
ˈcoarsely adverbˈcoarseness noun
ˈcoarsen verb
to (cause to) become coarse. The laundry-work coarsened her hands.
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