Coarse and Sheer

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Coarse adjective - Made up of large particles.

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Sheer is an antonym for coarse.

Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.

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Coarse is an antonym for sheer in topics: fine, see-through.

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Richard Sharpe is a commoner and is a lot more coarse than the otherwise mostly aristocratic officer corps, but he makes up for it with sheer skill.

Source: Literature / Sharpe

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