coarsen
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈkɔː.sən/us/ˈkɔːr.sən/coarsenverb[I or T](ROUGH)
tobecomeroughorcausesomething tobecomerough:
(使)变粗;使粗糙In highsummer, thesaladleavescoarsen andbecomebitter.
He coarsens thepaintbymixingit withmarbledust.
- Thetoneof hisvoicehas coarsened and hissinginglackstheelegantfinesseheoncepossessed.
- Thevoicetendsto coarsen when underpressureinhigherregisters.
- Thefacadeof thehousehaslostitsrender,exposingstonescoarsened byage.
- Sun andtimecoarsen theskin.
Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch(something)up
- coarsening
- creased
- crinkle
- crinkled
- fold
- folding
- furl
- grooming
- interfold
- pucker
- pumice stone
- sand
- sandpaper
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- smoothen
- wrinkle
coarsenverb[I or T](NOT POLITE)
tobecomesimplerand lesspoliteor moreoffensive, or to make something do this:
Readers'tasteshave coarsened, heclaims.
Theyfeelthat theentertainmentindustryhas coarsenedourculture.
- Often, in thepursuitof thelargestaudience,television"dumbs down" and coarsens.
- Thispresentationofextremeviolenceasentertainment, he says, coarsensoursociety.
- He and hisalliesareseenas having coarsened thepoliticaldebate.
- He has been coarsened andcorruptedby theworldofbusiness.
- We are all being coarsened by thiscontinualdietofexploitativeTV.
Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ado
- ant
- antsy
- at the end ofyourtetheridiom
- be in a whirlidiom
- demented
- febrile
- have thin/thick skinidiom
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collaridiom
- hyper
- hysterical
- lather
- overeagerness
- oversensitive
- overwrought
- shockable
- slay
- whirl