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coarse
rough rather than smooth or soft
Synonyms
- rough
- scratchy
- gritty
Antonyms
- smooth
- soft
coarse in a sentence
The coarse rope scratched my hands as I pulled it.
The beach had coarse sand made of large, rough grains.
Where it comes from
From Middle English cors 'ordinary or rough'
Memory hook
COARSE cloth feels ROUGH like sandpaper.
Read it in context
- The Garden Below Nature