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The definition of uncouth is awkward, clumsy or uncultured.

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An example of uncouth is a person who says embarrassing things about others at gatherings.

See uncouth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Archaic not known or familiar; strange
awkward; clumsy; ungainly
uncultured; crude; boorish

Origin: ME < OE uncuth, unknown < un-, not + cuth, pp. of cunnan, to know: see can

Related Forms:

uncouthly adverb
uncouthness noun

See uncouth in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Crude; unrefined.
Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
Archaic Foreign; unfamiliar.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, unknown, strange

Origin: , from Old English uncūth

Origin: : un-, not; see un-¹

Origin: + cūth, known; see gnō- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

un·couthˈly adverb

un·couthˈness noun

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