Meanings of certain coarseness in anglès

Buffon's conduct and conversation were marked throughout by a certain coarseness and vulgarity that constantly appear in his writings.

He creates a thousand enemies with his pen-besides, I sense a certain coarseness in his portrayal of people of aristocratic breeding.

Rude strength, a certain coarseness of life, and aggressiveness characterized this society, as it did the whole of the Mississippi Valley.

One of the most popular cooked fruit sauces is applesauce, which is meant to have a certain coarseness and yet not seem grainy.

The picture of the 'Day of Judgment,' with much that renders it marvellous and awful, has a certain coarseness of conception and execution.

Churchill had grave and even gross faults, a certain coarseness, a certain hard boyish assertiveness, a certain lack of magnanimity, a certain peculiar patrician vulgarity.