Coarsen

//ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən//

Synonyms for "coarsen" (50 found)

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Translations

4 translations across 1 languages.

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Armenian

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  • կոշտանալ verb (become(more) coarse)
  • կոշտացնել verb (make (more) coarse)
  • կոպտանալ verb (become(more) coarse)
  • կոպտացնել verb (make (more) coarse)

Sample sentences

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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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