Uncouth
adjective
Lacking in refinement or good manners.
He was considered uncouth because he burped loudly at the dinner table.
Often appears as...
- uncouth behavior
- uncouth manners
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking sophistication or elegance; not cultured.
Her uncouth comments about modern art showed her lack of understanding.
Often appears as...
- uncouth remarks
- uncouth display
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Disapproving
adjective
Strange and awkward in shape or appearance.
The bird had an uncouth, lumpy body that made it look like a creature from a fairy tale.
Often appears as...
- uncouth figure
- uncouth appearance
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking in refinement or good manners.
He was considered uncouth because he burped loudly at the dinner table.
Often appears as...
- uncouth behavior
- uncouth manners
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Lacking sophistication or elegance; not cultured.
Her uncouth comments about modern art showed her lack of understanding.
Often appears as...
- uncouth remarks
- uncouth display
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Strange and awkward in shape or appearance.
The bird had an uncouth, lumpy body that made it look like a creature from a fairy tale.
Often appears as...
- uncouth figure
- uncouth appearance
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Nuance
Conveys disapproval or negativity about someone's behavior or manners.
Despite his wealth, his uncouth behavior made him unwelcome.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Situations
Used to describe actions inappropriate in polite or formal social events.
His uncouth interruption during the speech was shocking.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Subjectivity
What is uncouth in one culture may be acceptable in another.
Visitors found his direct questions uncouth, though normal in his culture.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Nuance
Conveys disapproval or negativity about someone's behavior or manners.
Despite his wealth, his uncouth behavior made him unwelcome.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Situations
Used to describe actions inappropriate in polite or formal social events.
His uncouth interruption during the speech was shocking.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Subjectivity
What is uncouth in one culture may be acceptable in another.
Visitors found his direct questions uncouth, though normal in his culture.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Nuance
Conveys disapproval or negativity about someone's behavior or manners.
Despite his wealth, his uncouth behavior made him unwelcome.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Situations
Used to describe actions inappropriate in polite or formal social events.
His uncouth interruption during the speech was shocking.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Subjectivity
What is uncouth in one culture may be acceptable in another.
Visitors found his direct questions uncouth, though normal in his culture.
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Birth of a nickname -...
is a messy business. You can be uncouth but not couth. You can be ruthless, but good luck trying to show somebody that you have ruth unless you happen to be married to someone named Ruth. It's bad to be unkempt but impossible to be kempt, or sheveled as opposed to disheveled.
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The price of shame PIPE...
and, of course, my heartbreak; listen to my sometimes catty, sometimes churlish, sometimes silly self being cruel, unforgiving, uncouth; listen, deeply, deeply ashamed, to the worst version of myself,
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Who's Your Daddy? PIPE...
longlegs mouth form unlike other more uncouth creatures the daddy-longlegs choose her food thoroughly even if she doesn't outside her mouth she sucks up the aphid juices
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Birth of a nickname -...
is a messy business. You can be uncouth but not couth. You can be ruthless, but good luck trying to show somebody that you have ruth unless you happen to be married to someone named Ruth. It's bad to be unkempt but impossible to be kempt, or sheveled as opposed to disheveled.
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The price of shame PIPE...
and, of course, my heartbreak; listen to my sometimes catty, sometimes churlish, sometimes silly self being cruel, unforgiving, uncouth; listen, deeply, deeply ashamed, to the worst version of myself,
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Who's Your Daddy? PIPE...
longlegs mouth form unlike other more uncouth creatures the daddy-longlegs choose her food thoroughly even if she doesn't outside her mouth she sucks up the aphid juices
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Quote examples
Lucy Powell
British Politician
It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.
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Richard Elman
American Novelist
I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat humorously melodramatic, such as Gogol and Dostoyevsky, just as it was in my own household when I was growing up.
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Tanushree Dutta
Indian Model
I simply avoid at all cost people I think are not good for me. So it's disgusting when uncouth, uneducated, dirty, downmarket, classless, characterless, perverted, degraded abominations like Rakhi Sawant claim to ever be friends with me.
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Robin Leach
English Writer
People know I'll be sensational, not scandalous. There's a fine-line difference. Sensational means titillating the viewer. Scandalous means being condemned by the viewer for making unfair, uncouth revelations.
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Alex Horne
British Comedian
When I created 'Taskmaster,' it was never meant to be suitable for family Christmases. The host, Greg Davies, is a sweary giant, the comedians are often uncouth and the show was on late-night TV.
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing.
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Russell Baker
American Journalist
Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.
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Joey Chestnut
American Celebrity
There's nothing pretty about competitive eating. It might be uncouth, but it is fun, and it is lighthearted.
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Garet Garrett
American Journalist
Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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Franklin Pierce Adams
American Writer
Too much truth is uncouth.
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Lucy Powell
British Politician
It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.
Quote examples
Richard Elman
American Novelist
I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat humorously melodramatic, such as Gogol and Dostoyevsky, just as it was in my own household when I was growing up.
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Tanushree Dutta
Indian Model
I simply avoid at all cost people I think are not good for me. So it's disgusting when uncouth, uneducated, dirty, downmarket, classless, characterless, perverted, degraded abominations like Rakhi Sawant claim to ever be friends with me.
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Robin Leach
English Writer
People know I'll be sensational, not scandalous. There's a fine-line difference. Sensational means titillating the viewer. Scandalous means being condemned by the viewer for making unfair, uncouth revelations.
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Alex Horne
British Comedian
When I created 'Taskmaster,' it was never meant to be suitable for family Christmases. The host, Greg Davies, is a sweary giant, the comedians are often uncouth and the show was on late-night TV.
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing.
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Russell Baker
American Journalist
Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.
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Joey Chestnut
American Celebrity
There's nothing pretty about competitive eating. It might be uncouth, but it is fun, and it is lighthearted.
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Garet Garrett
American Journalist
Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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Franklin Pierce Adams
American Writer
Too much truth is uncouth.
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