Found 2 items, similar to Uncouth.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: uncouth
uncouth
adj : lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;
“he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind”;
“behavior that branded
him as common”;
“an untutored and uncouth human being”;
“an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy”;
“appealing to
the vulgar taste for violence”;
“the vulgar display of
the newly rich” [syn:
coarse,
common,
rough-cut,
vulgar]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Uncouth
Uncouth
\Un*couth"\, a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc?? unknown,
strange: un- (see
Un- not) + c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to
know. See
Can to be able, and cf.
Unco,
Unked.]
1. Unknown. [Obs.]
“This uncouth errand.” --Milton.
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To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth. --Spenser.
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2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
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Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. --Chaucer.
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3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also,
odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
“Uncouth in
guise and gesture.” --I. Taylor.
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I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.
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Thus sang the uncouth swain. --Milton.
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Syn: See
Awkward.
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Un*couth"ly, adv. --
Un*couth"ness, n.
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