uncouth
[ uhn-kooth ]
/ ʌnˈkuθ /
adjective
awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.
unusual or strange.
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awkward, barbaric, boorish, cheap, coarse, crass, crude, discourteous, gawky, graceless, gross, heavy-handed, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inelegant, loud, loutish, oafish, raunchy
Nearby words
- uncounted,
- uncouple,
- uncourteous,
- uncourteously,
- uncourtly,
- uncovenanted,
- uncover,
- uncovered,
- uncredited,
- uncritical
Origin of uncouth
SYNONYMS FOR uncouth
Synonym study
1. See boorish.
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uncouth
/ (ʌnˈkuːθ) /
adjective
lacking in good manners, refinement, or grace
Word Origin for uncouth
Old English uncūth, from un- 1 + cūth familiar; related to Old High German kund known, Old Norse kunnr
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uncouth
Old English uncuð "unknown, uncertain, unfamiliar," from un- (1) "not" + cuð "known, well-known," past participle of cunnan "to know" (see can (v.)). Meaning "strange, crude, clumsy" is first recorded 1510s. The compound (and the thing it describes) widespread in IE languages, cf. Latin ignorantem, Old Norse ukuðr, Gothic unkunþs, Sanskrit ajnatah, Armenian ancanaut', Greek agnotos, Old Irish ingnad "unknown."
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