as in rudeness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
the raffishness of the crowd in the pub offended the courtly gentleman, and so he elected instead to dine at the hotel
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Noun
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If senior figures display rudeness or disrespect, employees may assume that such behavior is acceptable, making selective enforcement seem arbitrary and undermining of trust.—
Andrew Binns,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025 -
With nearly 400 responses recounting long waits for a check to outright rudeness, customers detailed what pushes them from their usual tipping habits to a complete cutoff.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The moment was highlighted on social media and Hudson was flagged for unnecessary roughness.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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That was followed by another unnecessary roughness penalty after Wilson connected with Robinson for a 50-yard gain down the middle of the field.—
Charlotte Carroll,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Brain rot has become unavoidable, its grossness ubiquitous.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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An alkaline compound, baking soda is a non-toxic cleaner with a coarseness that works wonders for scrubbing grime, removing difficult stains, and deodorizing stinky odors.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The coarseness of your grounds is determined by the width of the space between the two grinding burrs.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Raffishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raffishness. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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