coarse
adjective
[ kɔːs ]
• rough or harsh in texture.
• "a coarse woollen cloth"
• (of a person or their speech) rude or vulgar.
• "a man of coarse speech"
Similar:
oafish,
loutish,
boorish,
churlish,
uncouth,
rude,
discourteous,
impolite,
ungentlemanly,
unladylike,
ill-mannered,
uncivil,
ill-bred,
vulgar,
common,
rough,
uncultured,
uncivilized,
crass,
foul-mouthed,
trailer-park,
crude,
off colour,
offensive,
dirty,
filthy,
smutty,
obscene,
indelicate,
improper,
indecent,
indecorous,
unseemly,
tasteless,
lewd,
prurient,
bawdy,
earthy,
broad,
ribald,
salty,
blue,
raunchy,
nudge-nudge,
farmyard,
• relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish.
• "coarse anglers"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘ordinary or inferior’): origin uncertain; until the 17th century identical in spelling with course, and possibly derived from the latter in the sense ‘ordinary manner’.
