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as in boorish
having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners
will not tolerate any uncouth behavior, such as eating with one's mouth open
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as in vulgar
lacking in refinement or good taste
the movie's uncouth humor seemed to be purposely offensive
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Recent Examples of uncouth
This is no silky Maranello V-12; the noise is raw and uncouth.
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Clark’s teammate Sophie Cunningham, whose season was also cut short due to injury, was more uncouth during her exit interview Thursday.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Societal neglect will inevitably breed a coarseness in manner and language, exhibited by the uncouth nature of the Chiefs’ players as well as the public watching them.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
If Netanyahu loses the next elections, his downfall would bring a wave of relief among many Israelis at home and abroad for removing the uncouth populists and religious fundamentalists who openly broadcast their intentions to destroy and starve the population of Gaza and annex the territory.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2025
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Clark’s teammate Sophie Cunningham, whose season was also cut short due to injury, was more uncouth during her exit interview Thursday.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Societal neglect will inevitably breed a coarseness in manner and language, exhibited by the uncouth nature of the Chiefs’ players as well as the public watching them.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
If Netanyahu loses the next elections, his downfall would bring a wave of relief among many Israelis at home and abroad for removing the uncouth populists and religious fundamentalists who openly broadcast their intentions to destroy and starve the population of Gaza and annex the territory.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncouth
Adjective
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An exodus of prosecutors who didn’t care for his staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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In that film, McAdams is bawdily hilarious yet shockingly believable as a high school girl who finds her body being embodied by Schneider’s boorish thief.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
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The messages—widely condemned as vulgar, misogynistic, racist, and homophobic—also revealed discussions about manipulating media coverage, targeting political opponents, and casual references to the misuse of public funds.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Phoenix Open conduct code The Thunderbirds maintain a zero-tolerance policy regarding lewd and lascivious conduct, including but not limited to, disorderly or violent behavior and vulgar or violent language.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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This was like loutish English tourists turning up unannounced and urinating in the holy water.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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And Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in 2013 at age 51, was the show’s tempestuous soul, playing a loutish killer with a quick temper and sad eyes.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Zamiri aims to send up the crass monetization of a cultural boom, turning up the film’s absurdity knob to highlight the very real ways in which record labels and other corporate interests attach themselves vampirically to artistic success.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Season 4 does introduce the three new Americans via Tender — an online payment system used for gambling and pornography sites, which becomes the focal point of Season 4 — with Penn’s Jonah bringing a crass brand of American humor to the season premiere.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
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Assuming this is something beyond Trumpian posturing, and that’s unclear, any such decision would not only be churlish and cruel but poorly targeted.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kay hasn’t acted since before Marty was born, and Marty never breaks character — they were made for a churlish May-December affair that unlocks something in them both.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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So, a thinking, opinionated, rude wind is just another amalgamation of human and other.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Things may be a bit fractious in NATO these days, but at Paris’ SS/2026 Haute Couture week, the civic side of the WWII Allies’ exchange looks in rude good health.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Communism, in its traditional definition, describes a system in which private property is abolished and the means of production are collectively owned, with the goal of creating a classless society.—
Cameron Schoppa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Louis Hartz maintained that the hegemony of liberal thought, with its vaunting of the classless individual, made Marxists politically superfluous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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All of their voices are coarse, they’re not measured.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The stainless steel attachment includes a slicing blade, medium shredding blade, and coarse shredding blade that works exceptionally well for thinly slicing vegetables like cucumbers or zucchini, shredding cheese, and cutting firmer foods like potatoes or carrots.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Uncouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncouth. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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