couth
Example Sentences
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“I still like the venom and passion that was in a lot of the old songs, but there is a level of disrespect and lack of couth that sometimes I don’t dig,” Palumbo says.
From Los Angeles Times
It used to be cute, though, to hear him compensate for his lack of polish and couth by using ridiculously florid language when a one-syllable response would do.
From Salon
What could possibly be less couth – less Wimbledon – than seeing off all-comers with attitude, personality and style?
From The Guardian
“But obviously with the coronavirus and the social unrest we’re dealing with, that’s where you need a politician, somebody with a little bit more couth.”
From New York Times
"He has no couth? He has no dignity?"
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
