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coarse is an adjective meaning "of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles". It carries 3 recorded senses.
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
“coarse meal”
“coarse sand”
“a coarse weave”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for coarse come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.