Coarse and Genteel

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Coarse adjective - Lacking in refinement or good taste.

Usage example: the hockey player's coarse manners turned his date off completely

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Genteel is an antonym for coarse in loutish topic.

Genteel adjective - Having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living.

Usage example: she grew up in genteel old Savannah

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Coarse is an antonym for genteel.

Nearby Word: genteelly

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Genteel and Coarse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/coarse/genteel

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