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(satellite adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" |
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Synonyms: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar |
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(satellite adjective) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" |
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Synonyms: common, uncouth, vulgar |
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(adjective) of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" |
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Antonyms: fine |
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(satellite adjective) of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" |
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Synonyms: common |
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