| 单词 | coarseness |
| 释义 | coarseness (once / 3718 pages) 1n 2n 3n Coarseness is a quality of roughness or graininess. You can feel the sand's coarseness when you sit on a beach. There are two kinds of coarseness, but they're both rough. When you talk about the coarseness of the soil in your garden or the corn meal you're making muffins with, you mean that the particles are large and granular. Another kind of coarseness involves speaking or acting in a gross or vulgar way — someone who swears a lot and makes dirty jokes is displaying coarseness. Both types of coarseness show a lack of refinement. WORD FAMILYcoarseness: coarsenesses+/coarse: coarsely, coarsen, coarseness, coarser, coarsest/coarsen: coarsened, coarsening, coarsens USAGE EXAMPLESShe said she won't miss the coarseness of the dialogue on social media. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) They rolled their eyes over Trump’s unmitigated coarseness, but still bought into his spiel that he’d be the greatest job producer who ever lived. The Guardian(Nov 12, 2016) The Washington Times declared Trump imperfect and acknowledged his "vulgarity and coarseness". BBC(Nov 12, 2016) 1 n the quality of being composed of relatively large particles 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper graininess, granularity sandiness a texture resembling that of sand raggedness, roughness a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven n looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) 3Syn|Hyper nubbiness, tweediness raggedness, roughness a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven 1n the quality of lacking taste and refinement Syn|Hyper commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste 2n language or humor that is down-to-earth Syn|Hyper saltiness expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
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