nnoun.communicationlanguage or humor that is down-to-earthSynset:saltiness
Examples:- the saltiness of their language was inappropriate
- self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre
Derivationally Related Form:salty
Hypernyms:expressive style style
Inherited Hypernyms:saltinessexpressive stylecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.attributethe quality of being composed of relatively large particlesSynset:graininess granularity
Derivationally Related Form:grainygranular
Hypernyms:raggedness roughness
Inherited Hypernyms:coarsenessroughnesstexturetactile propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:sandiness
nnoun.attributelooseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)Synset:nubbiness tweediness
Derivationally Related Form:coarsenubbytweedy
Hypernyms:raggedness roughness
Inherited Hypernyms:coarsenessroughnesstexturetactile propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.attributethe quality of lacking taste and refinementSynset:commonness grossness raunch vulgarism vulgarity
Derivationally Related Form:coarsegrosscommonvulgarraunchy
Hypernyms:inelegance
Inherited Hypernyms:coarsenessinelegancequalityattributeabstractionentity
vverb.contactmake or become coarse or coarserExamples:- coarsen the surface
- Their minds coarsened
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:coarsenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake less subtle or refinedHypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:coarsenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something