coarsened
past simple and past participle ofcoarsen
coarsen
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈkɔː.sən/us/ˈkɔːr.sən/coarsenverb[I or T](ROUGH)
tobecomeroughorcausesomething tobecomerough:
In highsummer, thesaladleavescoarsen andbecomebitter.
He coarsens thepaintbymixingit withmarbledust.
- Thetoneof hisvoicehas coarsened and hissinginglackstheelegantfinesseheoncepossessed.
- Thevoicetendsto coarsen when underpressureinhigherregisters.
- Thefacadeof thehousehaslostitsrender,exposingstonescoarsened byage.
- Sun andtimecoarsen theskin.
Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch(something)up
- coarsen
- coarsening
- creased
- crinkle
- fold
- foldaway
- folding
- furl
- grooming
- interfold
- pucker
- rumple
- sandpaper
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- stabilizer
- wrinkle
coarsenverb[I or T](NOT POLITE)
tobecomesimplerand lesspoliteor moreoffensive, or to make something do this:
Readers'tasteshave coarsened, heclaims.
Theyfeelthat theentertainmentindustryhas coarsenedourculture.
- Often, in thepursuitof thelargestaudience,television"dumbs down" and coarsens.
- Thispresentationofextremeviolenceasentertainment, he says, coarsensoursociety.
- He and hisalliesareseenas having coarsened thepoliticaldebate.
- He has been coarsened andcorruptedby theworldofbusiness.
- We are all being coarsened by thiscontinualdietofexploitativeTV.
Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ado
- ant
- antsy
- at the end ofyourtetheridiom
- be in a whirlidiom
- demented
- febrile
- have ants inyourpantsidiom
- have thin/thick skinidiom
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collaridiom
- hysterics
- lather
- overeager
- overeagerness
- oversensitive
- overwrought
- shockable
- whirl
Examplesofcoarsened
coarsened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The 1881 presidential campaigncoarsened: journalists, unfettered by libel laws, caricatured, mocked, and even insulted the once revered general.
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Note that for post-processing, the mesh has beencoarsenedby a factor of 2 in each direction.
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As the interface region moves the mesh is refined andcoarsenedappropriately.
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My senses are finer edged than they were, instead of being dulled andcoarsened.
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Manual labourerscoarsenedthemselves as they worked.
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On the other hand the longa on 'victor' at the end of the same staff looks like an original virga which the reviser hascoarsenedand enlarged.
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The danger is that our political debate and system iscoarsened.
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Are all our hearts hardened andcoarsenedby events?
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But let not your ideal of well-being on that account be lowered orcoarsened.
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Symptoms include mildlycoarsenedfacial features, deafness, ichthyosis and an enlarged liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.James's voice deepened andcoarsened, moving her musical style in her later years into the genres of soul and jazz.
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