Another word for coarse
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Adjective
Lacking in delicacy or refinement
- Crudely indecent:
- Deficient in taste, consideration, or refinement:
- Given to crudity or tastelessness, as in one's behavior:
- crude, raw or unprocessed
- (of a person) lacking refinement; uncouth
- Not smooth and shiny:
- Not elaborated, perfected, or completed:
- Not having attained a high degree of skill:
- Not cultured or cultivated:
- Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
- Socially unpolished, uncultured, or unrefined.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
- Foreign; unfamiliar.
- Not civilized; barbarous.
- Lacking flavor; insipid.
- Not having or showing good taste.
- Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting:
- Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive:
- Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill:
- Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
- Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
- Difficult to travel over or through:
- A member of a people, perhaps of Aegean origin, who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century bc .
- A person who is smugly indifferent or hostile to art and culture.
- Of or relating to ancient Philistia.
- Slightly at odds with established standards of propriety; somewhat improper, offensive, or coarse:
- Lacking in consideration for the feelings of others; tactless.
- Badly brought up; impolite and crude.
- Not thoroughbred; underbred. Used of animals.
- Exclusive of deductions; total:
- Unmitigated in any way; utter:
- So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense:
- Being in an unrefined or natural state:
- Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive:
- Lacking in sophistication or subtlety; simplistic:
- So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
- Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.
- Having a bad disposition; surly:
- Difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable.
- Resembling or characteristic of a boor; rude and clumsy in behavior.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians.
- Marked by crudeness or lack of sophistication:
- Brutal or cruel:
- A member of one of the non-Greek peoples in the ancient world, regarded by the ancient Greeks as culturally inferior.
- A member of any of various peoples living outside the Roman Empire or not fully integrated into Greco-Roman civilization.
- A member of a people considered uncivilized or culturally inferior by members of another people.
Offensive to accepted standards of decency
- Obscene, lewd, or vulgar:
- Grimy; unkempt:
- Uninhibited. Used of sex.
- Crudely indecent:
- Deficient in taste, consideration, or refinement:
- Given to crudity or tastelessness, as in one's behavior:
- soiled with smut
- affected with plant smut
- pornographic or indecent
- Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
- Expressed in vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
- Of a malicious or slanderous nature; defamatory:
- Characterized by or indulging in humor that is vulgar and lewd.
- A vulgar, lewdly funny person.
- Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
- Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular:
- Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
- Offensive to accepted standards of decency.
- Of or relating to materials that can be regulated or criminalized because their depiction of nudity, sex, or excretion is patently offensive and without artistic or scientific value.
- Morally repulsive; disgusting:
- Disgusting or repellent:
- Unpleasantly cold or wet:
- Dirty; filthy.
- Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
- Obscene; indecent.
- Wicked.
- Exclusive of deductions; total:
- Unmitigated in any way; utter:
- So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense:
- Offensive to the senses; revolting:
- Having a bad odor or taste:
- Rotten or putrid:
- Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
- Obscene or offensive:
- Vile; nasty:
- Licentious; obscene.
- Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
- Spreading dirt; polluting:
- Apt to soil with dirt or grime:
- Wide in extent from side to side:
- Large in expanse; spacious:
- Having a certain width from side to side:
- Humorously coarse; lewd or risqué:
- The area surrounding a barn, often enclosed by a fence.
- Coarse or indecent:
See also:Consisting of or covered with large particles
- Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
- Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
- Difficult to travel over or through:
- Containing, covered with, or resembling grit.
- Showing resolution and fortitude; plucky:
- Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains:
- Having a high level of detail, as in a set of data:
- Consisting of multiple diverse or discrete elements:
- Made of or resembling grain; granular.
- Resembling the grain of wood.
- Having a granular appearance, as from the clumping of particles in the emulsion of a photograph.
See also:Having a surface that is not smooth
- Not equal, as in size, length, or quality.
- Having ill-matched opponents:
- Not consistent or uniform:
- Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch:
- Dealing with scandalous or salacious material:
- Having a rough irregular surface:
- Having strong features marked with furrows or wrinkles:
- Having a sturdy build or strong constitution:
- Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
- Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
- Difficult to travel over or through:
- Tattered, frayed, or torn:
- Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes:
- Unkempt or shaggy:
- Marked by irregular projections and indentations on the edge or surface:
- Having a rough or harsh quality:
- Bound with iron.
- Rigid and unyielding:
- Bound with rocks and cliffs:
- Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
- Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
- Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:
- Having crags:
- Rugged and uneven:
See also:
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Another word for coarse
Modifier
Not fine or smooth
- Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains:
- Having a high level of detail, as in a set of data:
- Consisting of multiple diverse or discrete elements:
- Made of or resembling grain; granular.
- Resembling the grain of wood.
- Having a granular appearance, as from the clumping of particles in the emulsion of a photograph.
- Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
- Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
- Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:
- Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
- Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
- Difficult to travel over or through:
Lacking in refinement
- Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; lewd or vulgar:
- Not appropriate or becoming; unseemly:
- Characterized by or indulging in humor that is vulgar and lewd.
- A vulgar, lewdly funny person.
- Offensive to accepted standards of decency.
- Of or relating to materials that can be regulated or criminalized because their depiction of nudity, sex, or excretion is patently offensive and without artistic or scientific value.
- Morally repulsive; disgusting:
- Exclusive of deductions; total:
- Unmitigated in any way; utter:
- So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense:
- So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
- Foreign; unfamiliar.
- Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
- Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
- Difficult to travel over or through:
- Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting:
- Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive:
- Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill:
- Not smooth and shiny:
- Not elaborated, perfected, or completed:
- Not having attained a high degree of skill:
- Slightly at odds with established standards of propriety; somewhat improper, offensive, or coarse:
- Lacking in consideration for the feelings of others; tactless.
- crude, raw or unprocessed
- (of a person) lacking refinement; uncouth
- Being in an unrefined or natural state:
- Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive:
- Lacking in sophistication or subtlety; simplistic:
- Crudely indecent:
- Deficient in taste, consideration, or refinement:
- Given to crudity or tastelessness, as in one's behavior:
Of poor quality
- Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint:
- Of or relating to the community as a whole; public:
- Widespread; prevalent:
- Of inferior or mediocre quality or value.
- Low or lower in order, degree, or rank:
- Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation:
- Second-rate; poor:
Synonym Study
- Ribald suggests such mild indecency or lewdness as might bring laughter from those who are not too squeamish ribald jokes
- Obscene is used of that which is offensive to decency and implies lewdness obscene gestures
- Vulgar emphasizes a lack of culture, refinement, or good taste vulgar ostentation, or may imply indecency vulgar language
- Indelicate suggests impropriety, immodesty, or tactlessness an indelicate remark
- Gross suggests a crudeness or coarseness that is brutish or repellent gross table manners
- Coarse , in this comparison, implies such a lack of refinement in manners or speech as to be offensive to one's aesthetic or moral sense coarse laughter
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