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coarse

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of coarse

1 made up of large particles

coarse rock salt was sprinkled on the icy walkway

Synonyms of coarse

grained, grainy, granular, granulated

Words Related to coarse

unfiltered, unrefined

earthy, gravelly, gritty, sandy

pebbly, rocky, stony (also stoney)

coarse-grained, cracked, kibbled, lumpy, mealy

Near Antonyms of coarse

buttery, smooth, velvety

filtered, levigated, refined

close-grained, comminuted, ground, micronized, milled, mulled, pestled, pulverized, reduced, triturated

Antonyms of coarse

dusty, fine, floury, powdery, superfine, ultrafine

2 lacking in refinement or good taste

the hockey playerʼs coarse manners turned his date off completely

Synonyms of coarse

common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal [archaic], incult, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar

Words Related to coarse

boorish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, loutish, ungentlemanly

clumsy, lubberly, lumpish, oafish

inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, thoughtless

countrified (also countryfied), provincial, rustic (also rustical), unsophisticated

graceless, inelegant, tacky

animallike, barbaric, barbarous, uncivilized

mannerless, unmannered, unmannerly

Near Antonyms of coarse

aristocratic, courtly, patrician

elegant, graceful, restrained

considerate, gracious, sensitive, thoughtful

citified, sophisticated, urbane

Antonyms of coarse

civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, ultrarefined, well-bred

3 depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society

offended by the coarse humor at the celebrity roast

Synonyms of coarse

bawdy, blue, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, profane, raunchy, ribald, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton, X-rated

Words Related to coarse

broad, coarse-grained, gamy (or gamey), off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salacious, salty, suggestive

barnyard, earthy, scatological

immodest, indecorous, indelicate, low, unbecoming

depraved, kinky, louche, naughty, perverse, perverted, wicked

exceptionable, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome

abhorrent, debasing, disgusting, loathsome, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting

distasteful, obnoxious, unpleasant

blamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible

atrocious, infamous

abusive, scurrilous

hard-core, soft, soft-core

Near Antonyms of coarse

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian

correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly

innocuous, inoffensive

acceptable, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, welcome

appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable

immaculate, perfect, pure, spotless, virginal

approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned

Antonyms of coarse

clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome

4 harsh and dry in sound

a coarse laugh

Synonyms of coarse

croaking, croaky, grating, gravel, gravelly, gruff, hoarse, husky, rasping, raspy, rusty, scratchy, throaty

Words Related to coarse

growling, growly, guttural

abrasive, cacophonous, discordant, grinding, jarring, rough, scraping, scratching

cawing, raucous, screeching, squawking, strident

choked, cracked, strained, strangled

dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical

Near Antonyms of coarse

gentle, gliding, golden, liquid, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, soothing, sweet, tender

satiny, silken, smooth, soft, velvety

euphonious, lyric, lyrical, melodic, melodious, musical

5 not having a level or smooth surface

the coarse surface of the sandpaper

Synonyms of coarse

broken, bumpy, irregular, jagged, lumpy, pebbly, ragged, rough, roughened, rugged, scraggy, uneven

Words Related to coarse

lopsided, unbalanced

inexact, unaligned

rutted, rutty, undulating, undulatory, wavy

knobbly, knobby, knurled, knurly, nubbly, nubby

burred, harsh, sandpapery, scraggly, scratchy

Near Antonyms of coarse

aligned (also alined), regular, true

horizontal, tabular

plumb, straight, vertical

Antonyms of coarse

even, flat, level, plane, smooth

6 of low quality

coarse imitations of quality merchandise

Synonyms of coarse

bad, bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, el cheapo, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky), second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched

Words Related to coarse

useless, valueless, worthless

indifferent, lackluster, second-class

brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

seedy, shabby, tacky

counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham

supercheap, ultracheap

Near Antonyms of coarse

elegant, handsome, tasteful

handcrafted, polished, refined

Antonyms of coarse

excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, high-grade, superior, top-notch

Synonym Discussion of coarse

coarse, vulgar, gross, obscene, ribald mean offensive to good taste or morals. coarse implies roughness, rudeness, or crudeness of spirit, behavior, or language.

- found the coarse humor of coworkers offensive

vulgar often implies boorishness or ill-breeding.

- a loud vulgar belch

gross implies extreme coarseness and insensitiveness.

- gross eating habits

obscene applies to anything strongly repulsive to the sense of decency and propriety especially in sexual matters.

- obscene language not allowed on the air

ribald applies to what is amusingly or picturesquely vulgar or irreverent or mildly indecent.

- entertained the campers with ribald folk songs

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