Thesaurus / uncouth
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They are defensive, uncouth, and destructive for the industry.
The roof and sides of this snug retreat were also entirely covered with the uncouth figures I have already described.
The wild, uncouth Caliban, the wonderful flights of Ariel—these are creations of the first order.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
He inquired for her, creating some astonishment by his uncouth appearance and unsteady manner.
MRS. FALCHION, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
If there were something rude and uncouth in old Schiller, it was amply compensated by his noble spirit.
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICO
This was chanted lightly, airily, with a sweetness almost absurd, coming as it did from so uncouth a musician.
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
All the uncouth demons and monsters of the rocks awoke, glaring and blinking, to menace the voyagers in the depths below.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST
They presented an uncouth spectacle bedraggled as they were with grime and dirty water.
SPACEWRECKED ON VENUSNEIL R. JONES
Those observations are sufficient to show the impression our uncouth appearance made amongst them.
As for Halyard, he was unspeakable, bundled up in his snuffy shawls, and making uncouth noises over his gruel.
IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWNROBERT W. CHAMBERS
WORDS RELATED TO UNCOUTH
- all thumbs
- amateurish
- artless
- blundering
- bulky
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingers
- clumsy
- coarse
- floundering
- gawky
- graceless
- green
- having two left feet
- having two left hands
- incompetent
- inept
- inexpert
- lumbering
- lumpish
- maladroit
- oafish
- rude
- stiff
- stumbling
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- unfit
- ungainly
- ungraceful
- unhandy
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unskilled
- unskillful
- abject
- base
- blue
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- crass
- crumby
- dastardly
- degraded
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- gross
- ignoble
- ill-bred
- inelegant
- mean
- menial
- miserable
- nasty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- raw
- rough
- rude
- scrubby
- scruffy
- scurvy
- servile
- sordid
- unbecoming
- uncouth
- undignified
- unrefined
- unworthy
- vile
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- alien
- awkward
- barbaric
- barbarous
- boorish
- clumsy
- curious
- droll
- eccentric
- erratic
- exotic
- extravagant
- fantastic
- far-out
- foreign
- freakish
- gauche
- graceless
- grotesque
- kinky
- odd
- outrageous
- outre
- outré
- peculiar
- preposterous
- quaint
- queer
- ridiculous
- rude
- singular
- tasteless
- ultra
- unconventional
- uncouth
- unheard-of
- unorthodox
- unusual
- weird
- whimsical
- wild
- bearish
- bluff
- blunt
- boisterous
- boorish
- brief
- brusque
- churlish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- cruel
- crusty
- curt
- discourteous
- drastic
- extreme
- gross
- hairy
- hard
- harsh
- ill-mannered
- improper
- inconsiderate
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inelegant
- loud
- loutish
- mean
- nasty
- raw
- rowdy
- severe
- sharp
- short
- tough
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unfeeling
- ungracious
- unjust
- unmannerly
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unrefined
- untutored
- violent
- vulgar
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