uncouth
uncouth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.] Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. Chaucer.
- 2.Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. "Uncouth in guise and gesture." I. Taylor. I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak. Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton. -- Un*couth"ly, adv. -- Un*couth"ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see awkward
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abrupt
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- awkward
- barbarism
- barbarous
- break
- cacophony
- crude
- dislocate
- dry
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- forced
- formal
- fustian
- graceless
- grotesque
- harsh
- inelegance
- inelegant
- jaw
- labored
- mannered
- mannerism
- marinism
- offensive
- polite
- ponderous
- rude
- slang
- solecism
- stiff
- stiffness
- teeth
- that
- the
- turgid
- ungraceful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is uncouth.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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