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as in grained
made up of large particles
coarse rock salt was sprinkled on the icy walkway
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as in vulgar
lacking in refinement or good taste
the hockey player's coarse manners turned his date off completely
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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
offended by the coarse humor at the celebrity roast
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as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
a coarse laugh
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as in jagged
not having a level or smooth surface
the coarse surface of the sandpaper
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as in poor
of low quality
coarse imitations of quality merchandise
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Recent Examples of coarse
By contrast, most whole wheat flour found in US supermarkets is roller milled by metal drums and quite a bit coarser than atta.
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Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
My favorite combination is unsalted Irish Kerrygold butter mixed paired with clover honey and topped with coarse salt.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
Each package comes with a packet of coarse salt, and the instructions say to moisten the surface with water, shower on a little (or a lot) of salt, and warm the pretzel twists in a 350°F before diving in.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarse
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The childish use of vulgar profanity simply leads peoople to view the speaker as being unable to express his/her view.—
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Along with receiving vulgar comments in person and people taking her picture on campus, the 18-year-old has received vile and sexist messages after her phone number was posted online.—
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Presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, in 1976 as part of a group show of artists’ books, Santoro’s volume was immediately censored as obscene and offensive.—
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Cybertruck owners have shared displays of hostility from other motorists on a Facebook page, including vulgar notes left on their vehicles and obscene gestures directed at them from passing cars.—
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As the speech came to an end, Booker’s voice was hoarse, but his resolve was unshaken.—
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By now, many economists are hoarse screaming that higher tariffs and a trade war will raise prices and hurt the U.S. economy.—
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The result of billions of years of micrometeorite impacts on the lunar surface and lack of water on the Moon has left this dust with jagged, razor-sharp shapes and the constant bombardment by cosmic rays has given each particle an electrostatic charge.—
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Rescue workers in other parts of the country dug through piles of twisted rebar and jagged concrete where buildings had been destroyed.—
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There’s a real debate to be had about what responsibility better-off neighborhoods like Hyde Park have to help solve humanitarian problems that often are laid at the feet of poorer areas.—
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The strong United cohort, almost entirely comprised of dominant sides under Ferguson, has not shied away from criticising the club, players and managers when results have been poor.—
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Planting tomatoes in intensely sandy soil requires watering them at least twice a day or more in some cases.—
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Local soils are exceptionally sandy and not adjusted to the acidity preferred by azaleas.—
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Trump sued Maher in 2013 for $5 million after Maher made a crass joke about Trump’s mother and an orangutan.—
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He’s been accused of misogyny, thanks to his occasionally crass and combative online takes.—
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Simultaneously punched out, yet refusing to stay down for the count, a gruff Smith does his actorly best to understand, then diss, his public’s view of the slap heard round the world.—
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In a gruff voice, Fino speculated about what besides the mushroom might have caused the disease.—
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“Coarse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coarse. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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