Dictionary Entry
coarse
coarse is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 5 senses
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- 1superlative
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
- 2superlative
Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
- 3adjective
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
"he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"
"behavior that branded him as common"
- 4adjective
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
"coarse meal"
"coarse sand"
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- 5adjective
of low or inferior quality or value- Shakespeare
"of what coarse metal ye are molded"
"produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
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