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uncouth

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un·couth  (n-kth)
adj.
1. Crude; unrefined.
2. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
3. Archaic Foreign; unfamiliar.

[Middle English, unknown, strange, from Old English uncth : un-, not; see un-1 + cth, known; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

un·couthly adv.
un·couthness n.

uncouth [ʌnˈkuːθ]
adj
lacking in good manners, refinement, or grace
[Old English uncūth, from un-1 + cūth familiar; related to Old High German kund known, Old Norse kunnr]
uncouthly  adv
uncouthness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.uncouth - lacking refinement or cultivation or tasteuncouth - 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"
unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"

uncouth
Translations
uncouth [ʌnˈkuːθ] ADJ (= unrefined) → grosero, inculto; (= clumsy) → torpe, desmañado
uncouth [ʌnˈkuːθ] adjgrossier/ière, fruste
uncouth
adj personungehobelt, ordinär; behaviourunflätig, ungehobelt; mannersungeschliffen, ungehobelt; expression, wordunflätig, unfein; it’s very uncouth to eat with your handses ist sehr unfein, mit den Fingern zu essen
uncouth [ʌnˈkuːθ] adj (old) → maleducato/a, rozzo/a, villano/a


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But when the nurse saw his uncouth face and full beard, she was afraid and sprang up and fled and left the child.
I shall not copy the uncouth language, full of needless repetitions (and, if I know anything of the subject, not guiltless of bad grammar as well), in which my innocent husband was solemnly and falsely accused of poisoning his first wife.
An uncouth black figure of a man, a figure of no particular import, hung over the taffrail against the starlight, and I found Montgomery was speaking to me.
 
 
 
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