1. Malpoli. Personne grossière.
2. Rude. Étoffe grossière.
3. Rudimentaire. Travail grossier.
4. Gros. Faute grossière.
1. Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; SYN. bestial, brute, brutish.
2. Very unpleasant; SYN. hellish.
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; SYN. loutish, neanderthal, oafish, swinish.
ETYM Latin crassus thick, fat, gross, prob. orig., closely woven. Related to Grease animal fat, and cf. Crate, Hurdle.
(Of persons) So unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
1. Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; SYN. primitive, rude.
2. Not carefully or expertly made; SYN. rough.
3. Not processed or subjected to analysis; SYN. raw.
1. Before any deductions.
2. Of general aspects or broad distinctions.
3. Repellently fat; SYN. porcine.
Tawdry; vulgar; worthless; low.
Disreputable; vulgar
1. Slovenly, dirty ; also; very smelly
2. Obscene, smutty
(Homonym: rood).
1. Impertinent; impolite; oarse or vulgar in manner.
2. Lacking refinement or delicacy: ignorant, unlearned; inelegant, uncouth; offensive in manner or action; discourteous; uncivilized, savage; coarse, vulgar.
3. Marked by or suggestive of lack of training or skill; inexperienced.
4. Robust, sturdy.
5. Occurring abruptly and disconcertingly.
ETYM Old Eng. uncouth, as. uncoe unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + coe known, p. p. of cunnan to know. Related to Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.
1. Uneducated in manners; awkward; boorish.
2. Coarse; unrefined.
ETYM Latin vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude, the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. French vulgaire. Related to Divulge.
1. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.
2. Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished.
3. Lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base.