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coarseness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of coarseness

1 the quality or state of being obscene

  • the coarseness of the movie's humor makes it unsuitable for children
Synonyms of coarseness

bawdiness, blueness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
Words Related to coarseness

broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness

immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness

lechery

depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness

exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability

reprehensibility, reprehensibleness

abusiveness, scurrilousness

atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness

distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness
Near Antonyms of coarseness

priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism

correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness

appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness

perfection, purity, spotlessness

2 the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste

  • there was a coarseness about her that really bothered her boyfriend's well-bred friends
Synonyms of coarseness

commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness, vulgarity
Words Related to coarseness

boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness

artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication

insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

kitsch, tackiness
Near Antonyms of coarseness

courtliness, urbanity

elegance, grace, graciousness

consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness
Antonyms of coarseness

cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness

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