Soft wool is more expensive than coarse wool and both are superior to synthetics made of nylon.
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Coarse
//kɔːs//
Synonyms for "coarse" (347 found)
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Closest matches (70)
granulatedinferiorroughthickuncouthvulgaracerbacerbicacridadamicamaroidalanimalanimalisticarrestedastringentbackwardbarbarianbarbaricbarbarousbase
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bawdybeastlikebeastlybestialbitterbitter as gallblueblusteringblusterybodilyboorishbrassybrazenbristlybroadbroad-bodiedbrokenbrutalbrutebrutishbulkybullneckedbumpycacophonouscaddishcakedcakeycarnalcarnal-mindedcausticcheapcheesychokedchoppychurlishcirceanclumsycoarse grainedcoarse-grainedcommoncorpulentcorrugated
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (104)
crackedcrasscroakingcroakycross grainedcross-grainedcrudecrustydensedirtydoggereldoricdrydysphemisticearthyembryonicfallenfarinaceousfatfilthy
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fleshlyfoulfoul-mouthedfourth classfourth-classfrankfullfull bodiedfull-bodiedfuriousgaudyglaringgothicgracelessgrainedgrainygranulargrittygrossgruffguttergutturalhardharshharsh-soundingheavyheavysethoarsehomespunhorripilanthuskyignobleill-bredill-manneredimmodestimpoliteimproperimpurein bad tastein embryoin ovoin the roughinconcinnateinconcinnousinconsiderateincorrectindecentindecorousindelicateinelegantinequalinexpertinfelicitousinsensitiveirregularjoltykitschyknaggylapsedlasciviouslewdlibidinouslinsey-woolseylooseloudloutishloutylowlow classlow grade
Adjective(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (173)
low testlow-classlow-gradelow-qualitylow-testlumpymassivematerialmaterialisticmeanmeretriciousmetallicmickey mousenastynonspiritualobsceneoffensiveorgiasticoutlandishoversimple
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paltrypawphysicalpimplypittedplebeianplush likepockypoorpostlapsarianpotholedprenticepricklyprimitiveprofaneprurientpungentpunkracyraffishraggedragingrandyrankraucidraucousraunchyrawreductionisticreductiveribaldripplyrough-castrough-grainedrough-hewnroughcastroughhewnroughneckroupyrowdyruderudimentalrudimentaryruffledruttedruttyscatologicalscratchyscurriloussecond bestsecond classsecond ratesecond-bestsecond-classsecond-rateseedysensationalsexyshabbyshaggedshaggysharpshoddysimplisticsmuttysoursquawkingsquawkystertorousstormystrangledstuntedswinishtackytactlesstarttastelesstawdrytempestuoustexturedthick-bodiedthicksetthird classthird ratethird-classthird-ratethree dimensionalthree-dimensionalthroatytinnytrashyturbulentunblownunciviluncivilizeduncourtlyuncultivateduncultureduncutunderdevelopedundevelopedundignifieduneuphoniousunevenunfashionedunfelicitousunfeminineunfinishedunformedungenteelungentleungentlemanlyungracefulunhewnunkemptunlaboredunladylikeunlevelunlickedunpolishedunprocessedunrefinedunseemlyunsmoothunsolicitousunspiritualuntreatedununiformunworkedunwroughtvileviscousvulgarianwildwimpled
Adjective(15 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
11 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
149 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χονδρός adj (containing large particles)
Arabic
2 entries- ثَخِن adj (containing large particles)
- خَشِن adj (with a rough texture)
Armenian
3 entries- կոշտ adj (with a rough texture)
- կոպիտ adj (with a rough texture)
- կոպիտ adj (of inferior quality)
Bashkir
1 entries- эре adj (containing large particles)
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- gurot adj (containing large particles)
Bulgarian
4 entries- груб adj (not refined)
- долнокачествен adj (of inferior quality)
- едрозърнест adj (containing large particles)
- необработен adj (not refined)
Catalan
4 entries- bast adj (of inferior quality)
- brut adj (not refined)
- groller adj (of inferior quality)
- groller adj (not refined)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 粗糙的 adj (of inferior quality)
- 粗躁 adj (not refined)
- 粗魯 /粗鲁 adj (not refined)
Czech
4 entries- drsný adj (containing large particles)
- hrubý adj (containing large particles)
- hrubý adj (of inferior quality)
- hrubý adj (not refined)
Danish
4 entries- grov adj (with a rough texture)
- grov adj (of inferior quality)
- grov adj (not refined)
- grovkornet adj (containing large particles)
Dutch
2 entries- grof adj (of inferior quality)
- ruw adj (of inferior quality)
Estonian
1 entries- kare adj (with a rough texture)
Finnish
4 entries- karhea adj (with a rough texture)
- karkea adj (with a rough texture)
- karkea adj (containing large particles)
- karkea adj (of inferior quality)
French
4 entries- brut adj (of inferior quality)
- grossier adj (with a rough texture)
- grossier adj (containing large particles)
- vulgaire adj (not refined)
Galician
4 entries- baldrocas adj (not refined)
- basto adj (containing large particles)
- brosmo adj (containing large particles)
- brosmo adj (of inferior quality)
German
4 entries- belegt adj (with a rough texture)
- derb adj (not refined)
- grob adj (containing large particles)
- grob adj (of inferior quality)
Hebrew
4 entries- גַּס adj (containing large particles)
- גַּס adj (of inferior quality)
- גַּס adj (not refined)
- נָחוּת adj (of inferior quality)
Hungarian
2 entries- durva adj (of inferior quality)
- durva adj (not refined)
Ido
1 entries- kruda adj (of inferior quality)
Irish
1 entries- borb adj (not refined)
Italian
4 entries- greggio adj (not refined)
- grezzo adj (containing large particles)
- grezzo adj (not refined)
- grosso adj (containing large particles)
Japanese
2 entries- 粗い adj (containing large particles)
- 粗い adj (of inferior quality)
Latvian
2 entries- rupjš adj (of inferior quality)
- rupjš adj (not refined)
Malay
1 entries- kasar adj (containing large particles)
Middle English
1 entries- cours adj (of inferior quality)
Māori
2 entries- kaitara adj (containing large particles)
- matanui adj (containing large particles)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- grov adj (of inferior quality)
- grov adj (not refined)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- grov adj (of inferior quality)
- grov adj (not refined)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ایری adj (containing large particles)
- بیاغی adj (not refined)
- یوغون adj (not refined)
Portuguese
4 entries- espesso adj (containing large particles)
- grosseiro adj (of inferior quality)
- grosseiro adj (not refined)
- grosso adj (containing large particles)
Romanian
4 entries- brut adj (of inferior quality)
- brut adj (not refined)
- de proastă calitate adj (of inferior quality)
- grosier adj (not refined)
Russian
4 entries- вульга́рный adj (not refined)
- гру́бый adj (of inferior quality)
- гру́бый adj (not refined)
- кру́пный adj (containing large particles)
Spanish
4 entries- bruto adj (of inferior quality)
- bruto adj (not refined)
- burdo adj (of inferior quality)
- chabacano adj (of inferior quality)
Swedish
4 entries- grov adj (with a rough texture)
- grov adj (containing large particles)
- grov adj (of inferior quality)
- grov adj (not refined)
Thai
4 entries- ขรุขระ adj (with a rough texture)
- หยาบ adj (with a rough texture)
- หยาบ adj (containing large particles)
- หยาบ adj (of inferior quality)
Tocharian B
2 entries- aśāwe adj (containing large particles)
- śāwe adj (containing large particles)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гру́бий adj (containing large particles)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
He is coarse in manner.
Source: tatoeba (301184)
Her dress was made of coarse wool.
Source: tatoeba (309024)
Her skin is coarse from years of working outdoors.
Source: tatoeba (309624)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.
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