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Uncouth

Uncouth Meaning & Definition
Uncouth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Uncouth?

[adj] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Uncouth: coarse | common | unrefined | vulgar

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Uncouth In Webster's Dictionary

\Un*couth"\, a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc?? unknown, strange: un- (see {Un-} not) + c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See {Can} to be able, and cf. {Unco}, {Unked}.] 1. Unknown. [Obs.] ``This uncouth errand.'' --Milton. To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of better that was uncouth. --Spenser. 2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.] Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. --Chaucer. 3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. ``Uncouth in guise and gesture.'' --I. Taylor. I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak. Thus sang the uncouth swain. --Milton. Syn: See {Awkward}. -- {Un*couth"ly}, adv. -- {Un*couth"ness}, n.

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