Textual thesaurus for "coarse"

(adj) common, vulgar, uncouth, rough-cut

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

(adj) harsh

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

coarse meal; coarse sand; a coarse weave

(adj) common

of low or inferior quality or value

of what coarse metal ye are molded- Shakespeare; produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population