uncouth
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ʌnˈkuːθ/
Adjective

uncouth (comparative uncouther, superlative uncouthest)

  1. (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
    Antonyms: couth
    • 1819: Washington Irving, The Sketch Book (The Voyage)
      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.
  2. Clumsy, awkward.
  3. Unrefined, crude.
    Antonyms: couth
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