coarseness
1Coarseness — Coarse ness (k[=o]rs n[e^]s), n. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. The coarseness of the sackcloth. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] Pardon the… …
2coarseness — index obscenity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3coarseness — [n] rudeness, vulgarity bawdiness, boorishness, callousness, crassness, crudity, earthiness, harshness, indelicacy, offensiveness, poor taste, rawness, ribaldry, roughness, smut*, smuttiness*, uncouthness, unevenness, unrefinement; concepts… …
4coarseness — noun a) The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished. b) The quality or state of being coarse; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language …
5coarseness — coarse ► ADJECTIVE 1) rough or harsh in texture. 2) consisting of large grains or particles. 3) rude or vulgar in behaviour or speech. 4) of inferior quality. DERIVATIVES coarsely adverb coarseness noun. O …
6coarseness — noun see coarse …
7coarseness — See coarsely. * * * …
8coarseness — Synonyms and related words: Adam, Gothicism, animalism, animality, bad manners, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, baseness, beastliness, bestiality, bodily size, body, bombasticness, brutality, brutishness, bulk, cacology, cacophony,… …
9coarseness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Crudeness] Syn. vulgarity, unrefinement, callousness; see rudeness . 2. [Roughness of texture] Syn. stiffness, harshness, scratchiness, crudity; see roughness 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being… …
10coarseness — coarse|ness [ kɔrsnəs ] noun uncount coarse language or behavior …
