| Main Entry: |
uncouth |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
clumsy, uncultivated |
Synonyms: |
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: |
agile, couth, cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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