Word Meanings - COARSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts

Additional info about word: COARSE

was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread. 2. Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language. I feel Of what coarse metal ye are molded. Shak. To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions. Dryden. Syn. -- Large; thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COARSE)

• Abrupt
• Sudden
• steep
• precipitous
• craggy
• coarse
• curt
• blunt
• violent
• harsh
• unceremonious
• rugged
• rough
• Bluff
• Bare
• open
• bold
• abrupt
• frank
• plain-spoken
• surly
• rude
• blustering
• swaggering
• brusque
• hectoring
• discourteous
• bullying
• Blunt
• Dull
• obtuse
• pointless
• edgeless
• insensitive
• bluff
• impolite
• plain-mannered
• uncivil
• Broad
• Wide
• extensive
• expansive
• ample
• liberal
• comprehensive
• unreserved
• indelicate
• generic
• Carnal
• Fleshly
• sensual
• selfindulgent
• licentious
• animal
• base
• worldly
• impure
• libidinous
• secular

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COARSE)

• Air
• dry
• ventilate
• fan
• sun
• aridity
• exsiccate

Related words: (words related to COARSE)

• ROUGHING-IN
  The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
• FRANKALMOIGNE
  A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
• CARNALIST
  A sensualist. Burton.
• ROUGHT
  imp. of Reach.
• ROUGHHEWN
  1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• WORLDLY
  1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. "I thus neglecting worldly ends." Shak. Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it. Hooker. 2. Pertaining
• ANIMALIZATION
  1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties. 2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen.
• ARIDITY
  1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.
• COMPREHENSIVENESS
  The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.
• ROUGHLEG
  Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
• CARNAL-MINDEDNESS
  Grossness of mind.
• BLUFF-HEADED
  Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
• HECTORISM
  The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying.
• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• ANIMALCULISM
  The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.
• BROADBILL
  A wild duck , which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
• ROUGHINGS
  Rowen.
• VENTILATE
  brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow, from ventus wind; akin to E. 1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a
• ANIMALITY
  Animal existence or nature. Locke.
• DRUGGET
  perh, the same word as drogue drug, but cf. also W. drwg evil, bad, A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets. By extension, any material used for the same purpose.
• DRUGGER
  A druggist. Burton.
• UNEXAMPLED
  Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
• TRUGGING-HOUSE
  A brothel. Robert Greene.