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• n  language or humor that is down-to-earth
• n  the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
• n  looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
• n  the quality of lacking taste and refinement
• v  make or become coarse or coarser
• v  make less subtle or refined

• saltiness
• graininess
• granularity
• nubbiness
• tweediness
• commonness
• grossness
• vulgarity
• vulgarism
• raunch
• coarsen

News & Articles

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• Ruth Marcus: Venom gone viral
  It is a truth universally acknowledged that we live in an age of incivility, with coarseness enabled by the Internet's immediacy and anonymity.
  Aug. 10, 2013 - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in Catholic Online
  Beauty, a kind of mirror of the divine, inspires and vivifies young hearts and minds, while ugliness and coarseness have a depressing impact on attitudes and behavior,Pope Benedict said.
• Michael Powell in Sovo.com
  This growing coarseness on television and radio has resulted in a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes,FCC Chair Michael Powell said during testimony before Congress on Feb. 11.
• Dominic Dromgoole in Times Online
  Footsbarn has its own way of doing Shakespeare,says Dromgoole, "which mixes commedia dell'arte, and punk, and Beckett, and coarseness. But like all anarchists, they've got a gentle side too."