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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Uncouth \Un*couth"\, a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc?? unknown,
     strange: un- (see Un- not) + c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to
     know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.]
     1. Unknown. [Obs.] ``This uncouth errand.'' --Milton.
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              To leave the good that I had in hand,
              In hope of better that was uncouth.   --Spenser.
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     2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
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              Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. --Chaucer.
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     3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also,
        odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. ``Uncouth in
        guise and gesture.'' --I. Taylor.
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              I am surprised with an uncouth fear.  --Shak.
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              Thus sang the uncouth swain.          --Milton.
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     Syn: See Awkward.
          [1913 Webster] -- Un*couth"ly, adv. --
          Un*couth"ness, n.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Uncouth \Un*couth"\, a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc?? unknown,
     strange: un- (see Un- not) + c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to
     know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.]
     1. Unknown. [Obs.] ``This uncouth errand.'' --Milton.
  
              To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of
              better that was uncouth.              --Spenser.
  
     2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
  
              Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. --Chaucer.
  
     3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also,
        odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. ``Uncouth in
        guise and gesture.'' --I. Taylor.
  
              I am surprised with an uncouth fear.  --Shak.
  
              Thus sang the uncouth swain.          --Milton.
  
     Syn: See Awkward. -- Un*couth"ly, adv. --
          Un*couth"ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  uncouth
       adj : lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
             manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded
             him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being";
             "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to
             the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of
             the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut,
             vulgar]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  uncouth
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 αδέξιος
     2 άξεστος, χοντροκομμένος, όχι ραφιναρισμένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  uncouth
     Yola a.
     strange

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  uncouth
     a.
     1 (lb en archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
     2 clumsy, awkward.
     3 unrefined, crude.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  uncouth
     a.
     1 (lb en archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
     2 clumsy, awkward.
     3 unrefined, crude.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  uncouth
     a.
     1 (lb en archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
     2 clumsy, awkward.
     3 unrefined, crude.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  uncouth
     Englanti a.
     moukkamainen, sivistymätön

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  uncouth
     Engelska a.
     ohyfsad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/
  فظّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  uncouth //ʌnˈkuːθ// 
  1. недодялан, непохватен
  clumsy, awkward
  2. странен
  unfamiliar, strange, foreign
  3. груб, нешлифован
  unrefined, crude

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/ 
  hrubý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/ 
  neotesaný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/
  grob, ungehobelt, flegelhaft, raubauzig [Dt.] , grobschlächtig [geh.] , raubeinig  [geh.]
           Note: Person, Benehmen
     Synonyms: coarse, crude, rough-and-ready
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/
  
  άξεστος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  uncouth //ʌnˈkuːθ// 
  1. kömpelö
  clumsy, awkward
  2. outo, vieras
  unfamiliar, strange, foreign
  3. epähieno, hienostumaton, hiomaton, karkea, raaka, tahditon
  unrefined, crude

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/ 
  1. गँवार
        "He is an uncouth man."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/
  1. bárdolatlan
  2. vad
  3. durva
  4. balkezes
  5. esetlen
  6. faragatlan
  7. kietlen
  8. barbár
  9. ügyetlen

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  uncouth //ʌnˈkuːθ// 
  1. keitete, klossete
  clumsy, awkward
  2. underlig
  unfamiliar, strange, foreign
  3. ukultivert
  unrefined, crude

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  uncouth /ʌŋˈku:θ/ 
    nieokrzesany

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  uncouth //ʌnˈkuːθ// 
  1. underlig
  unfamiliar, strange, foreign
  2. ofin, ohyfsad, ohövlig
  unrefined, crude

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  uncouth /ʌŋkˈuːθ/
  1. kaba, inceliksiz
  2. tuhaf
  3. (eski) görülmemiş. uncouthly  kabaca. uncouthness  kabalık.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈənˈkuθ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  138 Moby Thesaurus words for "uncouth":
     Doric, Gothic, Neanderthal, abandoned, all thumbs, animal, awkward,
     barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, bizarre, blunderheaded,
     blundering, boorish, broad, brutal, brutish, bumbling, bungling,
     butterfingered, cacophonous, careless, churlish, cloddish,
     clodhopping, clownish, clumsy, clumsy-fisted, coarse, countrified,
     country-born, country-bred, crass, crude, cumbersome, curious,
     deserted, desolate, discourteous, disrespectful, doggerel,
     dysphemistic, earthy, eccentric, erratic, farmerish,
     fingers all thumbs, forsaken, frank, from the sticks, fumbling,
     gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, gross, gutter, ham-fisted,
     ham-handed, harsh, hayseed, heavy-handed, hick, hicky, hobnailed,
     hulking, hulky, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impermanent, impolite,
     improper, impure, in bad taste, inconcinnate, inconcinnous,
     incorrect, indecorous, inelegant, infelicitous, inurbane,
     left-hand, left-handed, loutish, low, lubberly, lumbering, lumpen,
     lumpish, maladroit, noncivilized, oafish, odd, oddball, outlandish,
     ponderous, primitive, quaint, queer, rank, raw, rough,
     rough-and-ready, rube, rude, rummy, savage, sloppy, solitary,
     stiff, tasteless, troglodytic, uncalled-for, uncivil, uncivilized,
     uncombed, uncourtly, uncultivated, uncultured, undignified,
     uneuphonious, unfelicitous, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unkempt,
     unlicked, unpolished, unrefined, unseemly, untamed, unwieldy,
     up-country, vulgar, wild, yokel, yokelish
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 粗俗的,怪异的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 粗俗的,怪异的

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