coarse-grained

adjective

Definition of coarse-grainednext
as in coarse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarse-grained
  1. coarse
  2. broad
  3. salty
  4. suggestive
  5. blue
  6. crude
  7. salacious
  8. impure
Adjective
  • TikTok clued us into the power of shaving your body—mainly your she-shrubbery—using what is technically a beard trimmer, because it's designed explicitly to motor through coarse hair.
    — Annie Blackman, Allure, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Hair loss is self-explanatory and dryness is caused by damage to the outer layer of the cuticle and results in moisture loss and coarse, dull hair.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of coarse
Adjective
  • Therefore, substantial reductions in SNAP funding may have broader economic implications beyond the immediate loss of assistance to individuals.
    — Solange Charas, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In Denver, the crowd was so immense that people climbed onto statues and sat on the broad steps of buildings across the street to watch.
    — Jonathan J. Cooper and Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of broad
Adjective
  • And increasingly, restaurants are using its salty, silken flavor profile to punctuate their sweet treats.
    — Katie Kelly Bell, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Hunan cuisine, one of China’s eight great culinary traditions, is celebrated for its bold, spicy, sour, and salty flavors.
    — Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of salty
Adjective
  • The conversation even turned a bit suggestive toward the end of the episode, when Chung pulled out a series of questions from a jar to ask her husband.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • At night, its luminous structure will create suggestive shadow plays on the walls of the courtyard.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of suggestive
Adjective
  • Schumer spent nine terms in the House, then ran for one of New York’s Senate seats in 1998, winning a safe blue seat that set him up for life.
    — Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The department is designed to ensure equitable access to quality education nationwide and enforces protections for students with disabilities, Its dismantling could be more costly for Trump-voting states than blue states, Axios' April Rubin has reported.
    — Axios, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of blue
Adjective
  • The cracking units, which break down crude oil into useful products, are delicate and complex and extremely difficult for Russian industry to replace under the current sanctions regime. Frequent and precise strikes might prevent them from being repaired, Milov told the analysis group.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2025
  • That marked the start of FANG’s worst multi-year decline, which was ultimately exacerbated by crude oil going negative during COVID.
    — , CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of crude
Adjective
  • Since Lively's claims of harassment burst into the fore following a tense promotion cycle for the film, the ex-co-stars have swapped increasingly hostile and salacious claims, with each side alleging the other made making the movie a nightmarish process.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
  • While some of the salacious gossip has been hurtful, Ovesen does not allow herself to be defined by it.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of salacious
Adjective
  • Two major developments in the mid-1800s showed why impure water is dangerous.
    — Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.
    — Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of impure
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