What (who) is uncouth - definition
uncouth
¦ adjective
1. lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.
2. archaic (of a place) uncomfortable because of remoteness or poor conditions.
Derivatives
uncouthly adverb
uncouthness noun
Origin
OE uncu?th 'unknown', from un-1 + cu?th (past participle of cunnan 'know, be able').
uncouth
If you describe a person as uncouth, you mean that their behaviour is rude, noisy, and unpleasant.
= coarse
ADJ [disapproval]
uncouth
a.
1.
Rustic, awkward, boorish, clownish, loutish, clumsy, unseemly, unrefined, uncourtly, lubberly, rude, gawky, inelegant, ungainly.
2.
Unfamiliar, unusual, strange, odd, outlandish.
Pronunciation examples for uncouth
1. being cruel, unforgiving, uncouth;
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2. with these uncouth bacilli."
A Very Short Introduction to the English Language _ Simon Horobin _ Talks at Google
3. about how Harvey Weinstein is an uncouth pig.
No Land's Man _ Aasif Mandvi _ Talks at Google
4. It's not just a bunch of uncouth, crude guys.
Entourage The Movie _ Adrian Grenier & Jeremy Piven _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of uncouth
1. On the other hand, people who lack table manners are considered as vulgar and uncouth.
2. There is something uncouth about the way Rice‘s current visit is being conducted.
3. In their uncouth national self–righteousness Silvio Berlusconi and Jaques Chirac did a great favour to us Finns.
4. Setting aside the confused theology, this poster plays to everything that is yobbish and uncouth about English football.
5. If he handled the brash and uncouth character in YUVA with dexterity, he handles the sober, intense part in Sarkar with equal ease.