What is the meaning of coarse?

Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles.
- usage: "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
- synonyms: harsh
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar
Of low or inferior quality or value.
- usage: "of what coarse metal ye are molded- Shakespeare; "produced... The common cloths used by the poorer population"
- synonyms: common

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APA	WordNet. (2010). coarse. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/coarse/definitions/1170907
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