coarse-grained

[kawrs-greynd, kohrs-]

adjective

1. having a coarse texture or grain.

2. indelicate; crude; vulgar; gross.

   a coarse-grained person with vulgar manners.

coarse-grained

adjective

1. having a large or coarse grain

2. (of a person) having a coarse nature; gross

Other Word Forms

• coarse-grainedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coarse-grained¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Related Words

• crude 
• grainy 
• harsh