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uncouthly

/uhn-kooth/US // ʌnˈkuθ //UK // (ʌnˈkuːθ) //

粗鲁地,粗俗地,粗暴地,粗野地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
    • : strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.
    • : unusual or strange.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrudely

Examples

  • They are defensive, uncouth, and destructive for the industry.

  • Because while calling a passerby “sexy” may be uncouth, it shouldn't be illegal.

  • The result is that it would be difficult, and somewhat uncouth, to criticize the president on policy grounds.

  • A child who masters the classics will stand apart from the uncouth boors on the school bus.

  • This obsession is socially uncouth, politically counterproductive and, too often, unwittingly revealing.

  • Sarkozy is known for running—television crews often film him, sweaty and uncouth, as he jogs in an NYPD t-shirt.

  • The roof and sides of this snug retreat were also entirely covered with the uncouth figures I have already described.

  • The wild, uncouth Caliban, the wonderful flights of Ariel—these are creations of the first order.

  • He inquired for her, creating some astonishment by his uncouth appearance and unsteady manner.

  • If there were something rude and uncouth in old Schiller, it was amply compensated by his noble spirit.

  • This was chanted lightly, airily, with a sweetness almost absurd, coming as it did from so uncouth a musician.