What does uncouth mean?
Uncouth means (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign..
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/ʌnˈkuːθ/ · adjective
(archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign..
If this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee.
The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep Affects me equally; nor can I like This uncouth' dream, of evil sprung I fear […]
There was a delicious sensation of mingled security and awe with which I looked down, from my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their uncouth gambols.
I don't want to associate with uncouth people.
Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: / None please the fancy, who offend the ear.
If Yule found it delightful, why did Kipling find it uncouth?
“I don’t think it’s uncouth to talk about it. I think it’s a reality that has to inform the urgency with which we approach those issues.”
Use uncouth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Uncouth means (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign..
Common synonyms include alien, uncanny, weird, aberrant.
Possible antonyms include couth.
If this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee.
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