coarse, vulgar, gross, obscene, ribald mean offensive to good taste or morals. coarse implies roughness, rudeness, or crudeness of spirit, behavior, or language. vulgar often implies …

COARSE definition: 1. rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces: 2. rude and offensive: 3. rough and…. Learn more.

That’s called “effing around and finding out” in the parlance of our times; a succinct, coarse way to sum up one of horror cinema’s traditional functions.

Definition of coarse adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (comparative coarser, superlative coarsest) (of skin or cloth) rough. She looked at the boy's coarse hands …

If you describe someone as coarse, you mean that he or she talks and behaves in a rude and offensive way. [ disapproval ] The soldiers did not bother to moderate their coarse humour in …

Apr 17, 2025 · coarse (comparative coarser, superlative coarsest) With a rough texture; not smooth.

coarse - of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

coarse /kɔrs/ USA pronunciation adj., coars•er, coars•est. made up of relatively large parts or particles: coarse sand. lacking in delicacy of texture, etc.: coarse fabric; coarse skin.

COARSE meaning: 1 : made up of large pieces not fine; 2 : having a rough quality

But if you did do any of things, you'd be coarse — that is, unrefined, boorish, and downright vulgar. Coarse can apply to a wide variety of things other than behavior. If something is of poor …