coarsen

• Глагол, используемый для обозначения процесса придания или приобретения грубости, необработанности или меньшей утонченности в текстуре, качестве или характере.

A verb used to indicate the process of making or becoming rough, crude, or less refined in texture, quality, or character.

1. Make or become roughC1formal

   To cause something to become rougher in texture or quality, or to become rough itself.

   Делать грубым или становиться грубым

   • The harsh weather coarsened the skin on his hands.
   • Repeated washing can coarsen the fabric of a shirt.
   • Her voice coarsened from years of shouting.

   Synonymsabradechafegraterasproughenscrapescratch

   Antonymspolishrefinesmoothsoften

2. Make less refinedC2formal

   To cause someone's manners, language, or behavior to become less polite, subtle, or sophisticated.

   Огрублять

   • Living in a rough environment can coarsen a person's manners.
   • The constant exposure to vulgar language coarsened his speech.
   • The film's violence seemed to coarsen the audience's sensibilities.

   Synonymscheapendebasedegradedemean

   Antonymscivilizecultivateelevateimprovepolishrefinesophisticate