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Definition of Uncouth

Uncouth

  1. Unknown.
  2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.
  3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.

Uncouth Quotations

Too much truth is uncouth.
Franklin P. Adams

Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.
Russell Baker

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.
Justin Timberlake

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.
Lucy Powell

Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
Garet Garrett
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Uncouth Translations

uncouth in Hungarian is durva, faragatlan
uncouth in Spanish is tosco
uncouth in Swedish is klumpig, ouppfostrad

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