Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to coarsen
Participle: coarsened
Gerund: coarsening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | coarsen |
| you | coarsen |
| he;she;it | coarsens |
| we | coarsen |
| you | coarsen |
| they | coarsen |
Perfect
| I | have coarsened |
| you | have coarsened |
| he;she;it | has coarsened |
| we | have coarsened |
| you | have coarsened |
| they | have coarsened |
Past
| I | coarsened |
| you | coarsened |
| he;she;it | coarsened |
| we | coarsened |
| you | coarsened |
| they | coarsened |
Pluperfect
| I | had coarsened |
| you | had coarsened |
| he;she;it | had coarsened |
| we | had coarsened |
| you | had coarsened |
| they | had coarsened |
Future
| I | will coarsen |
| you | will coarsen |
| he;she;it | will coarsen |
| we | will coarsen |
| you | will coarsen |
| they | will coarsen |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coarsened |
| you | will have coarsened |
| he;she;it | will have coarsened |
| we | will have coarsened |
| you | will have coarsened |
| they | will have coarsened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | coarsen |
| you | coarsen |
| he;she;it | coarsen |
| we | coarsen |
| you | coarsen |
| they | coarsen |
Perfect
| I | have coarsened |
| you | have coarsened |
| he;she;it | have coarsened |
| we | have coarsened |
| you | have coarsened |
| they | have coarsened |
Imperfect
| I | coarsened |
| you | coarsened |
| he;she;it | coarsened |
| we | coarsened |
| you | coarsened |
| they | coarsened |
Pluperfect
| I | had coarsened |
| you | had coarsened |
| he;she;it | had coarsened |
| we | had coarsened |
| you | had coarsened |
| they | had coarsened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would coarsen |
| you | would coarsen |
| he;she;it | would coarsen |
| we | would coarsen |
| you | would coarsen |
| they | would coarsen |
Perfect
| I | would have coarsened |
| you | would have coarsened |
| he;she;it | would have coarsened |
| we | would have coarsened |
| you | would have coarsened |
| they | would have coarsened |
Imperative
| you | coarsen |
| we | Let's coarsen |
| you | coarsen |
Verbs conjugated like 'coarsen'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'coarsen'
hoarsen,
careen,
coosen,
corset,
cosen,
course,
sparsen,
worsen,
arse,
arson,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From coarse + -en.
Sample Sentences
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1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua," http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100131h.html
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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.
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[…] as the years went by, democracy and its wide audiences tended to broaden and coarsen humor. [, R. Z. Sheppard, “She-Wits and Funny Persons”, in Time:]
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Because the wool is of poor quality, it will coarsen the fabric.
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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 […] [1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, (please specify |book=1, 2, or 3):]
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[…] though her skin had coarsened in the last ten years, the dark red of her cheeks and lips was as vivid as ever. [1925, Ellen Glasgow, chapter 14, in Barren Ground:]