Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coarsen

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coarsen
IPA: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (more) coarse.

Transitive verb

verb

To become (more) coarse.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua," http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100131h.html She appeared to be neither wooden nor stationary, but a singing spirit, young and fresh, passing through the jungle. No violence coarsened her; no power domineered to wither her. She was graciously feminine."
"[…] as the years went by, democracy and its wide audiences tended to broaden and coarsen humor."
"Because the wool is of poor quality, it will coarsen the fabric."
"He was intolerable now except under the influence of liquor, and as he seemed to decay and coarsen under her eyes, Gloria's soul and body shrank away from him […]"
"[…] though her skin had coarsened in the last ten years, the dark red of her cheeks and lips was as vivid as ever."

Etymology

From coarse + -en.

Usage

Inflected Forms

coarsens (present, singular) coarsening (participle, present) coarsened (participle, past) coarsened (past)

Derived Forms

coarsener

Rhymes With

whoreson porson hoarsen horsen

Questions

How do you pronounce coarsen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/.
What does coarsen mean?: To make (more) coarse.
Where does coarsen come from?: From coarse + -en.

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