coarseness
coarseness · coarsenesses
The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolishedThe property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
(uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being coarse
coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
(countable, usually)Something that is coarse.
Translations
1 languagesForms
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Synonyms
10 synonymsClose in meaning
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement:commonnessgrossnessvulgarityvulgarismraunch
- looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth):nubbinesstweediness
- the quality of being composed of relatively large particles:graininessgranularity
- language or humor that is down-to-earth:saltiness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcoarse
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable