uncouth
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Hawthorne called Thoreau “ugly as sin, long-nosed, queer-mouthed, and with uncouth and somewhat rustic, although courteous manners.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And he’s seen overwhelming support for his shift toward the uncouth.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2025
These days, “‘Housewives’ trip” is synonymous with the most outlandish, uncouth, highly compelling television that the reality genre has to offer.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
"He has a very serious problem in that he talks too much," he says of the president's habit of making controversial, uncouth and homophobic statements.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2022
Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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