Definition of "coarsens" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coarsen. (verb)

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• "The resulting numbskull name-calling coarsens a squalid exchange of "talking points" that now passes for "debate.""
• "Aren't conservative Christians among the first to insist that there should be less profanity and sex in the media because its presence "coarsens" American culture?"
• "In 1928, the executive board of the Cleveland Boy Scouts recommended that scouts use their influence to discourage women from smoking, saying it "coarsens" women and "detracts from the ideal of fine motherhood.""