coarseness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
language or humor that is down-to-earth
the saltiness of their language was inappropriate
Types & categories
- expressive style hypernym
Related & opposite
- salty derivation
Sense 2 noun
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gritty derivation
Sense 3 noun
looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
Types & categories
- roughness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Types & categories
- inelegance hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | salty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expressive style |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gritty |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | roughness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sandiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | coarse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tweedy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | roughness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lewd |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | earthy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulgar |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coarse |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | inelegance |