Coarsen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coarsen \Coars"en\ (k[=o]rs"'n), v. t.
     To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.
     [R.] --Graham.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  coarsen
       v 1: make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface";
            "Their minds coarsened"
       2: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "coarsen":
     adulterate, alloy, boss, brutify, canker, carnalize, cheapen,
     confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower,
     degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil,
     devalue, distort, gnarl, grain, granulate, horripilate, infect,
     knob, misuse, pervert, pimple, poison, pollute, popularize,
     prostitute, ravage, ravish, rough, rough up, roughen, smooth, stud,
     taint, tooth, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp