Associations to the word «Uncouth»

Wiktionary

UNCOUTH, adjective. (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
UNCOUTH, adjective. Clumsy, awkward.
UNCOUTH, adjective. Unrefined, crude.

Dictionary definition

UNCOUTH, adjective. 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".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.