OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 16130

uncouth

/ʌnˈkuːθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extraño
Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
If this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee.
The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep Affects me equally; nor can I like This uncouth' dream, of evil sprung I fear […]
bruto • torpe
Clumsy, awkward.
basto • bravío • chocarrero • garrulo • grosero • rústico • zafio
Unrefined, crude.
Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: / None please the fancy, who offend the ear.
I don't want to associate with uncouth people.
Phrases