uncouthness
Example Sentences
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Seidel began his career in the early sixties, the era of confessional poetry, but he had nothing except his own perceived uncouthness to confess.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016
But uncouthness turns out to have its virtues.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2015
“Very mature, John,” he mutters to himself in despair at his own uncouthness as she stalks off.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2015
When last I painted him he still had:�at least for me�a certain amount of uncouthness of the flesh about him, of the brazen and sardonic as well as the elegant ironic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ignorance and uncouthness may put on the garb of modest merit, and worthlessness seek to veil itself by an unattractive exterior; but under never so many layers the truth remains intact.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
