coarse-grained

[ kawrs-greynd, kohrs- ]

/ ˈkɔrsˈgreɪnd, ˈkoʊrs- /

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adjective

having a coarse texture or grain.

indelicate; crude; vulgar; gross: a coarse-grained person with vulgar manners.

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Origin of coarse-grained

First recorded in 1760–70

OTHER WORDS FROM coarse-grained

coarse-grainedness, noun

Words nearby coarse-grained

coarct, coarctate, coarctation, coarse, coarse fish, coarse-grained, coarsen, coarser, coarticulation, coast, coastal

How to use coarse-grained in a sentence

Edith Wharton, of course, writes in such a startlingly sharp and close-grained way about how people live.
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At best, the artist gives us a fine-grained picture of her subjects, a picture that allows us to see them aright.
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Consider, for example, that all of the questions about the economy were very fine-grained.
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Close-grained grey and yellowish-grey granite, with brown mica.
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Fine-grained quartzose sandstone, of a purplish hue, resembling a rock on the banks of the Severn, near Bridgenorth.
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Very compact and fine-grained reddish granular quartz, with a glistening lustre, and flat conchoidal fracture.
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The wood of apple trees is hard, close-grained and often richly colored, and is suitable for turning or cabinet work.
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One of the latter struck my knee with force enough to wound the bone without penetrating the grained-leather boot-leg.
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British Dictionary definitions for coarse-grained

coarse-grained

adjective

having a large or coarse grain

(of a person) having a coarse nature; gross

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coarse-grained

Origin of coarse-grained

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