coarse

(kôrs, kōrs)
adj., coars·er, coars·est.

1. Of low, common, or inferior quality.
2. 1. Lacking in delicacy or refinement: coarse manners.
   2. 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.]

coarsely coarse'ly adv.
coarseness coarse'ness n.

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adjective

1. Lacking in delicacy or refinement: barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar. See courtesy/discourtesy, smooth/rough.
2. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang raunchy. See decent/indecent.
3. Consisting of or covered with large particles: grainy, granular, gritty, rough. See smooth/rough.
4. Having a surface that is not smooth: cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rough, rugged, scabrous, uneven. See smooth/rough.

adj

Definition: rough, unrefined
Antonyms: delicate, refined, smooth, soft

adj

Definition: rude, vulgar
Antonyms: gentle, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated

IN BRIEF: Crude in taste, manners or language.

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Descriptive of

1. things that are rough in texture or structure.
2. particles that are large or powders composed of such particles.
3. threads, filaments, or fibres of relatively large diameter.
4. means of adjustment (as of instruments or processes) that provide only inaccurate or gross control, or the adjustments so made.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - grov, rå, plump, simpel

Nederlands (Dutch)
grof, ruw, inferieur, platvloers

Français (French)
adj. - grossier, épais, à gros grains (un papier), dru (un cheveu), rugueux, vulgaire (accent), cru (un langage), ordinaire (un vin), (Géol) grossier (des sédiments)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - grob, derb, ungehobelt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τραχύς, άγριος, αδρός, αδρόκοκκος, ευτελής, πρόστυχος, άξεστος, αγροίκος, χυδαίος, χονδροειδής

Italiano (Italian)
grezzo, grosso (di sale), rozzo, villano

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - grosseiro, não refinado, obsceno

Русский (Russian)
грубый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - basto, tosco, burdo, áspero, agudo, grosero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - grov, enkel, grovkornig, ohyfsad, oanständig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粗糙的, 粗俗的, 下等的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粗糙的, 粗俗的, 下等的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 조잡한 , 결이 거친, 야비한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - きめの粗い, 粗末な, 粗悪な, 粗野な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خشن, فظ, غليظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחוספס, גס‬

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