coarseness

coarseness
n
1. vulgarity, commonness, lowness, crudeness, rudeness; incivility, impropriety, unseemliness, ungentlemanly or unladylike behavior, bad manners; misconduct, rowdyism, ruffianism.
2. unrefinement, lack of polish, inelegance, parvenu-ism, lack of breeding, poor taste, Philistinism, gau-cherie, tactlessness; boorishness, churlishness, brashness, brazenness.
3. indecency, indelicacy, offensiveness, scurrilousness; obscenity, foulness, filth, filthiness, lewdness, prurience, ribaldry, bawdiness, smuttiness, Sl. raunchiness.
4. cheapness, gaudiness, tawdriness, trashiness, shabbiness, shoddiness.
5. scratchiness, bristliness, prickliness; roughness, shagginess; hardness, callousness.

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  • coarseness — 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 …   Wiktionary

  • coarseness — 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 …   English terms dictionary

  • coarseness — noun see coarse …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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