UN CULTURED Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

uncultured

adjective

ˌən-ˈkəl-chərd

Definition of uncultured

as in vulgar

lacking in refinement or good taste an unlettered and uncultured society that still had the manners of the frontier

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Recent Examples of uncultured The problem is that this group is mostly comprised of uncultured idiots, so Shai and Georgia are the only people who know what Rocky Horror is. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 July 2026 In certain circles, identifying with the city is shorthand for being uncultured and self-obsessed, even soulless. — Ella Berman august 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025 For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024 In Australian vernacular, a larrikin is a mischievous prankster, a loud, uncultured, badly behaved young person given to flouting convention. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023 Associating certain foods with Black culture derives historically from how these foods were once used as symbols in popular media to depict Black people as poor and uncultured following the abolition of slavery. — Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2023 Together, in which an uncultured father toils to support his musical prodigy son, doesn’t translate to this American tale, calculated to hang an honorific on a story of black masculine perseverance that many will find unexceptional. — Armond White, National Review, 11 Feb. 2022

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Adjective

In her smartly vulgar The Seasons (1957), which extends nearly 17 feet, Krasner returns to the subject of rebirth one year after Pollock’s death, depicting abundant forms resembling genitalia.

— John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
While Musgraves' comments received both praise and backlash, one country music legend took exception to the vulgar remarks.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of vulgar

Adjective

But the fashionable-at-the-time nakedness of the YBAs’ desire for money, most completely embodied by Hirst, quickly became crass.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Murdoch is thick-skinned and accustomed to being underestimated by the condescending Brits, who see him as a crass interloper.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of crass

Adjective

While older generations may interpret limited eye contact, a flat expression or a pause before responding as rude, lazy or unprofessional, that might not be a younger person’s intent at all, Leahy said.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Bel glows with a kind of rude Californian health and goes once a week for chiropractic adjustments, including of her jaw.

— Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of rude

Adjective

Biting lines such as these come frequently from Diplo, who has little in the way of a filter and a coarse sense of humor, especially on social media.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
In a mortar and pestle, crush the coriander seeds and peppercorns until cracked but still coarse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of coarse

Adjective

That capability expanded to agriculture and meteorological purposes, eventually making Earth observation one of the most common reasons satellites and space stations are deployed into orbit today.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Other common violations include washing cars at home, filling pools and power washing, which are all disallowed.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of common

Adjective

People had used rude words on television before, but never in such uncouth tones as Lydon and Jones in a regional ITV interview on 1 December 1976.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
His gruff mechanic Cooter Davenport is introduced as a hell-raising, uncouth wild man, constantly taunting the authorities and flouting convention.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncouth

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