coarseness meaning and definition

COARSENESS noun

Definition of coarseness (noun)

1. language or humor that is down-to-earth
   • "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre"
   • synonyms: saltiness
2. the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
   • synonyms: graininess, granularity
3. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
   • synonyms: nubbiness, tweediness
4. the quality of lacking taste and refinement
   • synonyms: commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity