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单词 uncouth
释义
uncouth
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ʌnˈkuːθ/us
/ʌnˈkuːθ/
behavingin arude,unpleasantway:
粗鲁的，不雅的，没教养的
Shethoughthe was loud-mouthed and uncouth.她觉得他说话粗声大气，没有教养。
Synonyms
coarse(RUDE)
common
vulgar(RUDE)disapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not polite
  • rudeHe made a rude remark about the staff.
  • impoliteShe asks direct questions without being in any way impolite.
  • cheekyUKYou asked your teacher how old she was? That was a bit cheeky!
  • disrespectfulThe class was very disrespectful towards the new teacher.
  • impertinentIt was clear that they found his questions impertinent.
  • insolentWhat an ungrateful, insolent child!
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rude and cheeky
  • cheekily
  • cheekiness
  • churlish
  • churlishly
  • churlishness
  • coarse
  • coarsely
  • discourteous
  • fruity
  • gall
  • impudent
  • incivility
  • offensively
  • offensiveness
  • potty mouth
  • potty-mouthed
  • presume
  • presumptuously
  • ripe
  • unrepeatable
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(Definition ofuncouthfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

uncouth| American Dictionary

uncouth
adjective
us
/ʌnˈkuθ/
(of apersonor a person'sbehavior)rudeandunpleasant
(Definition ofuncouthfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuncouth

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Another decried the protesters' 'uncouthbehaviour ' and their ' spitting and cursing ' (p. 144).
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Theuncouthand unsanitary sparrow lived in any available cavity, furnishing its filthy and unsightly ' ' lodgings ' ' and ' 'tenements ' ' with ' ' any rubbish.
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These rebels -uncouth, brutal, difficult to grasp and hard to sympathise with - are unlikely to attract analyses that seek to understand the sources of their grievances.
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But in recent centuries prestige turned into ignominy as early inhabitants were now perceived by villagers asuncouthsavages from an age before proper humans appeared on the scene.
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A challenge was a polite response to anuncouthword or act, which had degraded gentlemanly courtesy, and offered the only means to restore this courtesy.
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Lack of compassion is at the base of many journalistic problems with privacy,uncouthmethods and similar complaints.
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If they wereuncouth, the savagery of their surroundings ought to have part of the blame.
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We should be absolutelyuncouthif we ignored it.
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It was described in 1625 as being anuncouthword.
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But it opened up for me, anuncouth11-year-old, a totally unexplored, unknown world.
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Miners have often been blamed for beinguncouth.
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I know how rough anduncouthseamen can be, but they are generous to a fault and delightful people with whom to work.
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The mere fact that its supporters greet each other withuncouthgesture of holding the right fist in the air of course has nothing to do with the matter.
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If such behaviour goes unchecked, it encourages people to think of moreuncouthand wicked ways of behaving to get more thrills next time than they did last time.
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During the early evening children are subjected to bad language anduncouthbehaviour by their heroes, while the really nasty programmes are kept for later at night.
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