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How to pronounce uncouth in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms coarse, common, rough-cut, vulgar
Derivation uncouthness


an untutored and uncouth human being.
an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy.

Examples of uncouth

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An uncouth but charismatic Russian millionaire, Dima, demands a match with Perry.
From the suntimes.com
He is the polar opposite of Dame Edna, dishevelled, uncouth, lecherous and coarse.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ashore, British officers waited nervously for uncouth antics in the Aussie manner.
From the time.com
By turns, Williams is described as uncouth and boorish, as a bully and a loudmouth.
From the guardian.co.uk
Whether uncouth or merely hard-nosed, the Chappell teams were undeniably Australian.
From the smh.com.au
Its newsgroups were messy, irreverent and uncouth, but they were plenty interactive.
From the time.com
Here he said an uncouth word, which I will not repeat because that would not be nice.
From the post-gazette.com
I'm sort of a loud uncouth provincial though so don't make too much of it.
From the economist.com
Until he was too rich to ignore, high society wrote him off as uncouth and illiterate.
From the newsweek.com
More examples
  • Coarse: 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 ...
  • (uncouthly) in an uncouth manner; "uncouthly, he told stories that made everybody at the table wince"
  • Unfamiliar, strange, foreign; Clumsy, awkward; Unrefined, crude
  • (adjective) unrefined; coarse
  • (adj.): crude, unmannerly