Synonyms: coarse, common, vulgar, uncouth, rough-cut
Definition: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Usage: he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind; behavior that branded him as common; an untutored and uncouth human being; an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy; appealing to the vulgar taste for violence; the vulgar display of the newly rich
Similar words: unrefined
Definition: (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
Usage: how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?
Definition: of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
Usage: coarse meal; coarse sand; a coarse weave
Similar words: coarse-grained, large-grained
Definition: not having a fine texture
Usage: coarse-grained wood; large-grained sand
Similar words: mealy, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, farinaceous, coarse-grained
Definition: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Usage: granular sugar; the photographs were grainy and indistinct; it left a mealy residue
Similar words: granulated
Definition: made grainy or formed into granules
Usage: granulated sugar
Similar words: plush-like, plushy
Definition: (of textures) resembling plush
Definition: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
Usage: an open texture; a loose weave
Definition: of low or inferior quality or value
Usage: of what coarse metal ye are molded- Shakespeare; produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
Similar words: inferior
Definition: of low or inferior quality