Definitions

uncouth

[uhn-kooth] / ʌnˈkuθ /

ADJECTIVE

clumsy, uncultivated

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward barbaric boorish cheap clownish coarse crass crude discourteous disgracious gawky graceless gross heavy-handed ill-bred ill-mannered impertinent impolite inelegant loud loud-mouthed loutish oafish raunchy raw rough rude rustic strange tacky uncalled-for uncivil uncivilized ungainly ungenteel ungentlemanly unpolished unrefined unseemly vulgar

Antonyms

WEAK

agile couth cultivated polished refined sophisticated

Example Sentences

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I love those from Uncouth Vermouth and Matthiasson.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2019

I am no shepherd, No mountain-dweller, I am not a ploughboy, Uncouth and stinking of cattle.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 2, 2018

That night some 3,000 teenagers showed up carrying signs with slogans like “Cops Uncouth to Youth” and “Give Back Our Streets”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016

Uncouth, vain, ignorant, despised by all the Comet staff except the copy boys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uncouth and un-ruly they might be, yet the wildlings were his, and he trusted them more than any of his father's men.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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