| Gross |
| Harsh |
| Rough |
| Crude |
| Vulgar |
| Gauche |
| Common |
| Ribald |
| Boorish |
| Uncouth |
| Loutish |
| Grating |
| Churlish |
| Scratchy |
| Ill-bred |
| Unsmooth |
| Not fine |
| Gravelly |
| Unrefined |
| Inelegant |
| Rough-cut |
| Not smooth |
| Unpolished |
| Indelicate |
| File rating |
| Like a rasp |
| Like burlap |
| Not refined |
| Ill-mannered |
| Not polished |
| Sandpaperish |
| Not cultured |
| Sandpaperlike |
| Like sandpaper |
| Hardly refined |
| Lacking manners |
| Sandpaper grade |
| Rough in texture |
| Lacking delicacy |
| Like a rasp file |
| Sandpaper rating |
| Not fine-grained |
| Sandpaper choice |
| Lacking etiquette |
| Like a hair shirt |
| Needing polishing |
| Needing refinement |
| Indelicate, vulgar |
| Sandpaper category |
| Like a cat's tongue |
| Like some sandpaper |
| Rough, as sandpaper |
| Sandpaper descriptor |
| Vulgar — unrefined |
| Unpolished — ribald |
| Sandpaper designation |
| Rough around the edges |
| Far from finely ground |
| Sandpaper specification |
| Like a rasp, as files go |
| Like a woodworker's rasp |
| Like beard hair, texturewise |
| Unsuitable for mixed company |
| Unsuitable for delicate ears |
| Like much locker room language |
| Riddled with four-letter words |
| Using one's shirtsleeve as a napkin, e.g. |
| Like language that's unsuitable for G-rated movies |