'Coarseness' definitions:
Definition of 'coarseness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" [syn: saltiness, coarseness]
noun
The quality of being composed of relatively large particles [syn: coarseness, graininess, granularity]
noun
Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn: coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness]
noun
The quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch]
Definition of 'Coarseness'
From: GCIDE
- Coarseness \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 coarseness of the illustration. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'coarseness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Adam,
- animalism,
- animality,
- bad manners,
- bad taste,
- barbarism,
- barbarousness,
- baseness,
- beastliness,
- bestiality,
- bodily size,
- body,
- bombasticness,
- brutality,
- brutishness,
- bulk,
- cacology,
- cacophony,
- caddishness,
- callowness,
- carnal nature,
- carnal-mindedness,
- carnality,
- clumsiness,
- coarse-grainedness,
- commonness,
- corpulence,
- cracked voice,
- crassness,
- crudeness,
- crudity,
- cumbrousness,
- depth,
- discord,
- discourteousness,
- discourtesy,
- distance through,
- dryness,
- dysphemism,
- earthiness,
- fallen nature,
- fallen state,
- fatness,
- flesh,
- fleshliness,
- fourth-rateness,
- frankness,
- gaudiness,
- Gothicism,
- gracelessness,
- graininess,
- granularity,
- granulation,
- greenness,
- grittiness,
- gross behavior,
- grossness,
- gruffness,
- gutturalism,
- gutturality,
- gutturalness,
- hardness,
- harshness,
- heaviness,
- hoarseness,
- humbleness,
- huskiness,
- ill breeding,
- ill manners,
- ill-balanced sentences,
- immatureness,
- immaturity,
- impoliteness,
- impropriety,
- impurity,
- incivility,
- inconcinnity,
- inconsiderateness,
- incorrectness,
- indecorousness,
- inelegance,
- inelegancy,
- infelicity,
- inferiority,
- inferiorness,
- insensitivity,
- inurbanity,
- lack of finish,
- lack of polish,
- lapsed state,
- leadenness,
- loudness,
- loutishness,
- lowliness,
- mannerlessness,
- mass,
- materialism,
- meanness,
- meretriciousness,
- nondevelopment,
- nonspirituality,
- obscenity,
- offensiveness,
- oversimplicity,
- oversimplification,
- pompousness,
- ponderousness,
- poor diction,
- poorness,
- postlapsarian state,
- raciness,
- rankness,
- raspiness,
- raucity,
- rawness,
- reductionism,
- ribaldry,
- roughness,
- rudeness,
- saltiness,
- scrapiness,
- scratchiness,
- second-rateness,
- sesquipedalianism,
- sesquipedality,
- simplism,
- slipshod construction,
- spiciness,
- stertorousness,
- stiltedness,
- swinishness,
- tactlessness,
- tastelessness,
- the beast,
- the flesh,
- the offending Adam,
- the Old Adam,
- the rough,
- the third dimension,
- thickness,
- third-rateness,
- throatiness,
- turgidity,
- ugliness,
- uncourtliness,
- uncouthness,
- uncultivation,
- undevelopment,
- uneuphoniousness,
- unfinish,
- unfinishedness,
- unfledgedness,
- ungallantness,
- ungentlemanliness,
- ungracefulness,
- ungraciousness,
- unmannerliness,
- unpoliteness,
- unrefinement,
- unripeness,
- unseemliness,
- unsolicitousness,
- unspirituality,
- unwieldiness,
- vulgarism,
- vulgarity