uncouth
Example Sentences
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If it’s uncouth to raise in public, I assure you: lots of people are talking about this privately, because it’s getting hard to ignore.
“Who on earth is this dirty, uncouth, and uncivilized creature?” she demanded.
From Literature
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Writers called the trees “grotesque,” “infernal” and “uncouth.”
From Los Angeles Times
Some argue that tourists behave in an uncouth, disrespectful way - violating the strong norms of courtesy on which Japanese people pride themselves.
From BBC
These days, “‘Housewives’ trip” is synonymous with the most outlandish, uncouth, highly compelling television that the reality genre has to offer.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.