coarse
/kɔɹs/ adjective B2- With a rough texture; not smooth.
- Composed of large particles. · coarse sand
- Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy. · coarse manners· coarse language
- Of inferior quality. · Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.· She detests visiting coarse places.
- Not thin; thick.
Comparative coarser · Superlative coarsest
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Its legs were quite as long as the tiger had said, and its body covered with coarse black hair.
In this particular corner of the room a large piece had peeled off, leaving a yellow square of coarse plastering.
He was more than six feet high, was in the prime of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed boots and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar.
He was coarse in his habits and brutish in his ways.
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