coarse
UK/kɔːs//kɔɹs/
coarse adjective: with a rough texture; not smooth.
Adjective
coarse (comparative coarser, superlative coarsest)
- With a rough texture; not smooth.
- Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […]...
- Composed of large particles.
- coarse sand
- Graham flour is coarsely granulated wheat meal. No sieves or bolting cloths are employed in its manufacture, and many coarse, unpulverized particles are present in the product.1908, Harry Snyder, Human Foods and their Nutritive Value, New York: Macmillan, section 157, pp. 145-146
- Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
- coarse manners
- coarse language
- Unrefined.
- Synonyms:
- rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene
- Of inferior quality.
- Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.
- She detests visiting coarse places.
- Not thin; thick.
coarse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
coarse in Hindi
- a coarse, hard grass found on poor soils
- राड़ी rāṛī
- coarse, not fine
- मोटा moṭā
- coarse
- परुष paruṣ
coarse in Tamil
- உருநயமற்ற, கரடு முரடான, செப்பமற்ற, சொரசொரப்பான, முரட்டுத் தனமான, பெரிய அளவினதான
coarse in Urdu
- coarse
- موٹا moṭā, پرش paruś
coarse in Bengali
- রুক্ষ, অমার্জিত
More languagesFewer languages
- coarse in Telugu
- దుద్దు duddu, బిరుసు birusu
- coarse in Malayalam
- പരുപരുത്ത
- coarse in Kannada
- ಉರುಟು, ಒರಟು, ಗಡಸು, ಗಡುಸು
- coarse in Gujarati
- બરછટ
- coarse in Sanskrit
- स्तब्ध stabdhá
- coarse in Arabic
- خَشِن ḵašin, ثَخِن ṯaḵin
- coarse in Malay
- kasar
- coarse in Thai
- หยาบ yàap, ขรุขระ krù-krà, หยาบคาย yàap-kaai
Examples of coarse in a sentence
- Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.2012, Paul E. Potter, James Maynard, Wayne A. Pryor, Sedimentology of Shale: Study Guide and Reference Source:
- ☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the...
- The butcher and the porkman painted up only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves.2007, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Penguin, →ISBN, page 34:
Synonyms of coarse
Antonyms
Forms of coarse
| comparative | coarser |
|---|---|
| superlative | coarsest |
Origin of coarse
Adjectival use of course that diverged in spelling in the 18th century. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth. Compare the development of mean.
Words formed from coarse
Phrases with coarse
Words that rhyme with coarse
Questions about coarse
- What does coarse mean?
- Coarse means with a rough texture; not smooth.
- What is coarse in Hindi?
- Coarse in Hindi is राड़ी (rāṛī), मोटा (moṭā), परुष (paruṣ). See Coarse meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use coarse in a sentence?
- Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.
- What part of speech is coarse?
- Coarse is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce coarse?
- Coarse is pronounced /kɔːs/ (UK).
Words near coarse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coarse (page history and authors); परुष (Hindi) (page history and authors); coarse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); موٹا (Urdu) (page history and authors); coarse (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దుద్దు (Telugu) (page history and authors); coarse (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coarse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coarse (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); स्तब्ध (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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