Definitions of coarse:

  • adjective:   lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
    Example: "He had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"
  • adjective:   of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch
    Example: "Coarse meal"
  • adjective:   of low or inferior quality or value
    Example: "Of what coarse metal ye are molded- Shakespeare"
  • adjective:   conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
    Example: "Coarse language"