uncouth
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uncouth
- /ʌnˈkuːθ/
Rhymes with -uːθ
Where it comes from
From Middle English uncouth, from Old English uncūþ (“unknown; unfamiliar; strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *unkunþ, from Proto-Germanic *unkunþaz (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + couth. The modern pronunciation does not show /aʊ/, the usual development of the Middle English vowel from the Great Vowel Shift. It is usually explained as a pronunciation taken from Northern English dialects, which did not undergo the diphthongization of the vowel.
adjective uncouther · more uncouth · uncouthest · most uncouth
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Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
If this uncouth
forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or
bring it for food to thee.
Similar: alien, uncanny, weird, fremd, aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant · Opposite: couth
- Clumsy, awkward.
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Unrefined, crude.
I don't want to associate with uncouth people.
Similar: bumptious, churlish, uncivil, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric, bold, crude, impudent, discourteous, gauche · Opposite: couth
Translations
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adj unfamiliar, strange, foreign
| Español | extraño |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 陌生的 mòshēngde |
| Português | estranho, esquisito |
| Français | étranger |
| Deutsch | fremd, fremdartig, sonderbar |
| Italiano | strano |
| Русский | необы́чный neobýčnyj |
adj clumsy, awkward
| Español | bruto, torpe |
|---|---|
| Português | desajeitado |
| Deutsch | tölpelhaft, schwerfällig, ungeschickt |
| Italiano | goffo |
| Русский | неуклю́жий neukljúžij, нело́вкий nelóvkij, неповоро́тливый nepovorótlivyj |
adj unrefined, crude
| Español | grosero, basto, chocarrero, rústico, zafio, garrulo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 粗野的 cūyěde |
| हिन्दी | अशिष्ट aśiṣṭ, असभ्य asabhya |
| Português | bruto |
| Français | rustre |
| Deutsch | grobschlächtig, tumb |
| Italiano | rozzo, grossolano, grezzo, squasinodeo |
| Ελληνικά | άξεστος áxestos |
| Русский | гру́бый grúbyj, неотёсанный neotjósannyj |
| العربية | فَظّ faẓẓ |
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title = {uncouth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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