PORCELANEOUS Antonyms

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• of low or inferior quality or value

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• of or consisting of or resembling earth

• conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

• not far removed from or suggestive of nature

• hearty and lusty

• sensible and practical

• composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

• willing to face danger

• a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted

• the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss

• not reflecting light; not glossy

• change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

• not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

• hard or impossible to understand

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

• not divisible by two

• (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

• variable and recurring at irregular intervals

• lacking consistency

• not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing

• lacking social polish