coarse language
Crude verbal expression
Coarse language is speech considered crude, vulgar, or offensive—profanity, obscenities, and rough expressions unfit for polite company.
The phrase often appears in content warnings: This film contains coarse language and violence.
What counts as coarse varies by context; words acceptable among friends may be inappropriate at work or around children.
- damnMild expletive
- potty mouthHabitual use of profanity
- potty humorComedy about excrement
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- hellUnderworld of suffering
bad words · vulgarity · expletives · son of a bitch · kiss my ass · ribaldry · locker room talk · toilet humor · crap · gutter talk · dirty mouth · screw you · bloody · blasphemy · freaking · obscenity · rated R · innuendo
- vulgarityvulgar humor, crude, crass, obscene, profanity
coarse languagerefined language
Polished, cultivated speech
clean language · civil discourse · high style · courtly speech
coarse languagepolite conversation
Courteous social discourse
formal language · diplomatic language · civil discourse · official language · business English
coarse languageformal language
Elevated, rule-governed expression
elevated language · proper English · King's English · eloquent speech