uncouth

un·couth  (n-kth)

adj.

1. Crude; unrefined.

2. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.

3. Archaic Foreign; unfamiliar.

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

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un·couthly adv.

un·couthness n.

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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

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

uncouth - 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" rough-cut, vulgar, coarse, common unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"

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uncouth

adjective coarse, rough, gross, awkward, crude, rude, clumsy, vulgar, rustic, barbaric, unseemly, ungainly, boorish, gawky, unrefined, loutish, graceless, uncultivated, uncivilized, clownish, oafish, ill-mannered, lubberly that oafish, uncouth person
elegant, refined, cultivated, graceful, civilized, courteous, seemly, well-mannered

Translations

uncouth [ʌnˈkuːθ] ADJ (= unrefined) → grosero, inculto; (= clumsy) → torpe, desmañado

uncouth [ʌnˈkuːθ] adj → grossier/ière, fruste

uncouth

adj person → ungehobelt, ordinär; behaviour → unflätig, ungehobelt; manners → ungeschliffen, ungehobelt; expression, word → unflätig, unfein; it’s very uncouth to eat with your hands → es ist sehr unfein, mit den Fingern zu essen

uncouth [ʌnˈkuːθ] adj (old) → maleducato/a, rozzo/a, villano/a