Coarse vs Crabbed - What's the difference?
coarse | crabbed | Related terms |
Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;
Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
Cramped, bent.
* 1800(?) Robert Southey, Winter
(of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
(crab)
Coarse is a related term of crabbed.
As adjectives the difference between coarse and crabbed
is that coarse is composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture while crabbed is bad-tempered or cantankerous.As a verb crabbed is
(crab).coarse
English
(wikipedia coarse)Adjective
(er)- coarse manners
- coarse language
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "coarse" is often applied: language, particle, grain, graining, sand, powder, gravel, grit, salt, gold, thread, hair, cloth, grid, aggregate, texture, grass, fish, angling, fishing.Synonyms
* (of inferior quality ): thick, rough, sharp, hard * (not refined ): rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene, crassAntonyms
* (of inferior quality ): fineDerived terms
* coarsely * coarsen * coarsenessExternal links
* * *Anagrams
*crabbed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee,
- Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey
- As the long moss upon the apple-tree;