COARSENESS

coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch

(noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement

coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness

(noun) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

coarseness, graininess, granularity

(noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles

saltiness, coarseness

(noun) language or humor that is down-to-earth; ā€œthe saltiness of their language was inappropriateā€; ā€œself-parody and saltiness riddled their core genreā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coarseness (usually uncountable, plural coarsenesses)

The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.

The quality or state of being coarse

Anagrams

• Scorsesean

Source: Wiktionary


Coarse"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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