Coarsen

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/

Synonyms for "coarsen" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

adulterate alloy boss brutify canker carnalize cheapen confound contaminate corrupt

Verb(3 words)

aggregate barbarized condense

Noun(2 words)

brutalizing burring

Strong matches (21)

debase debauch defile deflower degenerate degrade denature deprave desecrate despoil devalue distort gnarl grain granulate horripilate infect knob

Verb(2 words)

degrade deteriorate

Noun(1 words)

graining

Related words (36)

misuse pervert pimple poison pollute popularize prostitute ravage ravish roughrough uproughen smooth stud taint tooth twist ulcerate violate vitiate

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vulgarize warp

Verb(9 words)

roughed roughen roughened roughens rusticate summarize vulgarise vulgarized vulgarizes

Noun(5 words)

roughening sleazestexture differencevulgarizing vulgate

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7 entries

alter changedata processinginformation processingmodification modify transformation

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4 entries

Ostwald ripeningdata binninggrain growthgranular aggregation

Collocations

5 entries

coarsen datacoarsen graincoarsen resolutioncoarsen texturegrain coarsening

Inflections

3 entries

coarsened coarsening coarsens

Derivations

1 entries

coarsening

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1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua," http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100131h.html She appeared to be neither wooden nor stationary, but a singing spirit, young and fresh, passing through the jungle. No violence coarsened her; no power domineered to wither her. She was graciously feminine.

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[…] as the years went by, democracy and its wide audiences tended to broaden and coarsen humor.

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Because the wool is of poor quality, it will coarsen the fabric.

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He was intolerable now except under the influence of liquor, and as he seemed to decay and coarsen under her eyes, Gloria's soul and body shrank away from him […]

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