uncouthness
Example Sentences
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Seidel began his career in the early sixties, the era of confessional poetry, but he had nothing except his own perceived uncouthness to confess.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
“Very mature, John,” he mutters to himself in despair at his own uncouthness as she stalks off.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
But uncouthness turns out to have its virtues.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
It might naturally signify a hill-dweller or highlander as well as something large, but either would easily give rise to the derivative idea of uncouthness and rusticity.
From The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 by Dunn, Jacob Piatt
He sought her acquaintance, and, in spite of all his rugged uncouthness, his most remarkable violin playing, with its combination of great originality, force and tenderness, speedily won her artist's heart.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
