Coarse vs. Uncouth

Coarseadjective

Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.

Uncouthadjective

(archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.

Coarseadjective

Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy

‘coarse manners’; ‘coarse language’;

Uncouthadjective

Clumsy, awkward.

Coarseadjective

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; - opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Uncouthadjective

Unrefined, crude.

Coarseadjective

Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

‘I feelOf what coarse metal ye are molded.’; ‘To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions.’;

Uncouthadjective

Unknown.

‘To leave the good that I had in hand,In hope of better that was uncouth.’;

Coarseadjective

of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch;

‘coarse meal’; ‘coarse sand’; ‘a coarse weave’;

Uncouthadjective

Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.

‘Harness . . . so uncouth and so rich.’;

Coarseadjective

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;

‘he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind’; ‘behavior that branded him as common’; ‘an untutored and uncouth human being’; ‘an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy’; ‘appealing to the vulgar taste for violence’; ‘the vulgar display of the newly rich’;

Uncouthadjective

Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.

‘I am surprised with an uncouth fear.’; ‘Thus sang the uncouth swain.’;

Coarseadjective

of low or inferior quality or value;

‘of what coarse metal ye are molded’; ‘produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population’;

Uncouthadjective

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;

‘he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind’; ‘behavior that branded him as common’; ‘an untutored and uncouth human being’; ‘an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy’; ‘appealing to the vulgar taste for violence’; ‘the vulgar display of the newly rich’;

Coarseadjective

conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

‘coarse language’; ‘a crude joke’; ‘crude behavior’; ‘an earthy sense of humor’; ‘a revoltingly gross expletive’; ‘a vulgar gesture’; ‘full of language so vulgar it should have been edited’;

Coarseadjective

rough or harsh in texture

‘a coarse woollen cloth’;

Coarseadjective

consisting of large grains or particles

‘coarse sand’;

Coarseadjective

(of grains or particles) large

‘under the microscope they are seen to contain coarse grains’;

Coarseadjective

(of a person's features) not elegantly formed or proportioned

‘his coarse, ugly features contorted with rage’;

Coarseadjective

(of food or drink) of inferior quality

‘the wine is harsh, tannic, and coarse’;

Coarseadjective

(of a person or their speech) rude or vulgar

‘a man of coarse speech’; ‘indecent language and coarse jests’;

Coarseadjective

relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish

‘coarse anglers’;