n. | 1. | The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; |
Noun | 1. | coarseness - the quality of being composed of relatively large particles Synonyms: graininess, granularity |
2. | coarseness - looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) Synonyms: nubbiness, tweediness | |
3. | coarseness - the quality of lacking taste and refinement |