slovo | definícia |
coarsen (encz) | coarsen,hrubnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
coarsen (encz) | coarsen,zdrsnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Coarsen (gcide) | Coarsen \Coars"en\ (k[=o]rs"'n), v. t.
To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.
[R.] --Graham.
[1913 Webster] |
coarsen (wn) | coarsen
v 1: make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface";
"Their minds coarsened"
2: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals" |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
coarsen (encz) | coarsen,hrubnout v: Zdeněk Brožcoarsen,zdrsnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
coarsened (encz) | coarsened, adj: |
coarseness (encz) | coarseness,hrubost n: Zdeněk Brožcoarseness,nekultivovanost n: Zdeněk Brož |
coarsened (gcide) | coarsened \coarsened\ adj.
made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to
mean inferior.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Coarseness (gcide) | Coarseness \Coarse"ness\ (k[=o]rs"n[e^]s), n.
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance;
vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture,
manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth."
--Dr. H. More.
[1913 Webster]
Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.
--L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.
--Burke.
[1913 Webster] |
coarsen (wn) | coarsen
v 1: make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface";
"Their minds coarsened"
2: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals" |
coarsened (wn) | coarsened
adj 1: made coarse or crude by lack of skill |
coarseness (wn) | coarseness
n 1: language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of
their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and
saltiness riddled their core genre" [syn: saltiness,
coarseness]
2: the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
[syn: coarseness, graininess, granularity]
3: looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn:
coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness]
4: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn:
coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity,
vulgarism, raunch] |
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