coarse

/kɔːs/ adjective

Definition

NOT SMOOTH › rough and thick, or not in very small pieces: coarse cloth coarse breadcrumbs

RUDE › not polite: coarse language

coarsely adverb

(Definition of coarse adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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