coarse-grained
[ kawrs-greynd, kohrs- ]
adjective
having a coarse texture or grain.
indelicate; crude; vulgar; gross: a coarse-grained person with vulgar manners.
Origin of coarse-grained
1First recorded in 1760–70
Other words from coarse-grained
- coarse-grainedness, noun
Words Nearby coarse-grained
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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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