Uncouth
[ʌn'kuːθ] or [ʌn'kʊθ]
Definition
(a.) Unknown.
(a.) Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.
(a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
Typed by Joan
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Rustic, awkward, boorish, clownish, loutish, clumsy, unseemly, unrefined, uncourtly, lubberly, rude, gawky, inelegant, slouching, ungainly.[2]. Unfamiliar, unusual, strange, odd.
Checker: Roderick
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Odd, unseemly, {[awk]?}, ward, boorish, clumsy, clownish, ungraceful, strange,underbred, ungainly
ANT:Quaint, neat, polite, trim, modish, fashionable, graceful, courtly,well-mannered, refined, polished, well-bred
Checker: Melanie
Definition
adj. awkward ungraceful esp. in manners or language grotesque odd.—adv. Uncouth′ly.—n. Uncouth′ness.
Edited by Abraham
Examples
- But you know I am but an uncouth Milton manufacturer; will you forgive me? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I even promised that I would hide my uncouth sentiments in my own breast. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Not that she would encourage him in the least--the poor uncouth monster--of course not. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To many persons this Egdon was a place which had slipped out of its century generations ago, to intrude as an uncouth object into this. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Externally it presents the appearance of some curious, uncouth, cast iron box, which, to the uninitiated, piques the curiosity, and when opened adds no explanation of its real character. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Ursula knew she gave herself away to the other woman, she knew she looked ill-bred, uncouth, exaggerated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Uncouth and clumsy doors, windows and blinds, were framed on the simplest utilitarian basis, and a scanty supply of rude hand-made furniture imperfectly filled the simple wants of the home. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He rose in bed, drew up his withered limbs, and rolled about in uncouth positions; he was acting--he was at the theatre. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was an uncouth carriage, looking something like a caravan used at a country fair. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I recollect once thinking there was something in his manner, uncouth as it was, that denoted a fall in life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Like the first steam engine, telephone or automobile, the first addressograph was crudely simple and of course presented an uncouth mechanical appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He describes Edison as uncouth in manner, a chewer rather than a smoker of tobacco, but full of intelligence and ideas. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was a youth of about eighteen years, decidedly unprepossessing in dress and rather uncouth in manner. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In Little Dorrit's eyes and ears, the uncouth figure and the uncouth sound were as pleasant as could be. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Sola, let me add, was an exception; I never saw her perform a cruel or uncouth act, or fail in uniform kindliness and good nature. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And now to be baffled by strange, uncouth characters the like of which he had never seen before! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, uncouth man, with grizzled hair and whiskers, and a perpetual smell of drink. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Captain thought so, and raved about her in uncouth convulsions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But Ursula knew that her father felt uncouth and angry and unhappy, so she was far from her ease. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His brown, sweat-streaked, muscular body, glistening in the moonlight, shone supple and graceful among the uncouth, awkward, hairy brutes about him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She saw him as she introduced him to her friends--uncouth, illiterate--a boor; and the girl winced. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe; gigantic in stature, yet uncouth and distorted in its proportions. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I am but uncouth and hard, but I would never have led you into any falsehood for me. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- His voice and language are more uncouth, and more difficult to be understood by those who are not used to them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They were ugly and uncouth, but they were his instruments. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Abraham