Coarse vs Surly - What's the difference?
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Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;
(obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
(obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
* 1623 , , Julius Caesar , I.iii,
Coarse is a related term of surly.
As adjectives the difference between coarse and surly
is that coarse is composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture while surly is (obsolete) lordly, arrogant, supercilious.As an adverb surly is
(obsolete) in an arrogant or supercilious manner.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
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*surly
English
Adjective
(er)- The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.
Adverb
(er)- Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly