Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coarseness

4 senses of coarseness

Sense 1
saltiness, coarseness -- (language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre")
       => expressive style, style -- (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper")

Sense 2
coarseness, graininess, granularity -- (the quality of being composed of relatively large particles)
       => roughness, raggedness -- (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

Sense 3
coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness -- (looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth))
       => roughness, raggedness -- (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

Sense 4
coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch -- (the quality of lacking taste and refinement)
       => inelegance -- (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)