Coarse
Short
Short adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.
Usage example: I didn't mean to be so short with you by responding to your request with a snippy “I'm busy!”
Coarse and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coarse" instead an adjective "Short".
Both words in one sentence
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Coarse, dark facial hair against very pale skin is nearly impossible to wipe off short of removing the top layer of facial skin.
Source: Perma-Stubble -
Also parodied in the coarse-acting short Il Fornicazione by Michael Green.
Source: Enter Stage Window -
Evelyn Smith's short story "The Last of the Spode" is set in a gently post-apocalyptic England, where a handful of survivors play tennis, try to discuss the problem of repopulating the planet without getting too coarse, and drink tea from the last of the Spode.
Source: Cosy Catastrophe
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