Uncouth is an English word with synonyms like coarse or common. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Uncouth in a sentence
Uncouth meaning
- Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
- Clumsy, awkward.
- Unrefined, crude.
Using Uncouth
- The main meaning on this page is: Unfamiliar, strange, foreign. | Clumsy, awkward. | Unrefined, crude.
- Useful related words include: coarse, common, rough-cut, vulgar.
- In the example corpus, uncouth often appears in combinations such as: and uncouth, the uncouth, uncouth and.
Context around Uncouth
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Uncouth
- In this selection, "uncouth" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unnecessarily, quisling, think, behavior, angry and feelings stand out and add context to how "uncouth" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a quisling uncouth fascist who and by the uncouth police officer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "uncouth" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with uncouth
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We think uncouth behavior is funny and tolerable. (8 words)
Their uncouth behavior and dress can be off putting. (9 words)
Frankly, he often unnecessarily uncouth, angry, visceral, and so forth. (10 words)
But at the base of Trump’s comment, especially in Africa, was the shame that comes with the realization that an uncouth racist has only spoken––perhaps crudely––about what stared everyone in the face. (35 words)
So he threw a few racquets, verbally abused a few officials and conformed perfectly to the stereotype of the uncouth, overgrown brat from a family who had more money than manners. (31 words)
Vulgar, uncouth and too quick with his fists, Vallelonga — better known to his mates and associates as Tony Lip on account of his bullshit artistry — isn’t your average driver. (30 words)
Do you people really want to pretend this young lady deserves to lose the opportunity of her life for being uncouth, as is typical on the internet, with her excitement? (30 words)
He finds such a man in an uncouth New York City bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who don’t read or talk so good, but when it comes to trouble? (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Frankly, he often unnecessarily uncouth, angry, visceral, and so forth.
The guitarist is no stranger to coaxing hairy sounds out of her instrument, nor to drilling down to uncouth feelings within.
And the WH is occupied by a quisling uncouth fascist who definitely is a racist.
Just last year there were all these concerns voiced about uncouth tourists and about places being overcrowded with visitors from overseas.
We think uncouth behavior is funny and tolerable.
It’s time to weed out those nasty and uncouth bus drivers out of the public transportation system.
Obviously, he’s one of those cocky Nigerians with uncouth manners who assume they can invade other people’s space and they don’t need to acknowledge it.
So he threw a few racquets, verbally abused a few officials and conformed perfectly to the stereotype of the uncouth, overgrown brat from a family who had more money than manners.
Their uncouth behavior and dress can be off putting.
Vulgar, uncouth and too quick with his fists, Vallelonga — better known to his mates and associates as Tony Lip on account of his bullshit artistry — isn’t your average driver.
Wearing red to a wedding reception might seem rude, but wearing red while dead seems downright uncouth.
Any message you may have is getting lost behind your hate, rage, name calling, uncouth, immature and bullish presentation.
But at the base of Trump’s comment, especially in Africa, was the shame that comes with the realization that an uncouth racist has only spoken––perhaps crudely––about what stared everyone in the face.
Do you people really want to pretend this young lady deserves to lose the opportunity of her life for being uncouth, as is typical on the internet, with her excitement?
He finds such a man in an uncouth New York City bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who don’t read or talk so good, but when it comes to trouble?
He reminds me of everything that is unpleasant, servile, weak, ugly, uncouth, cowardly and dishonorable.
The lad thought swearing was uncouth, and proclaimed he would never swear once he got into the minors.
This hypocrisy of English language that is extended to our Churches is deadly, it is despotic and uncouth.
This is particularly sad for the Nigeria Police whose image has been so badly tarred by the uncouth police officer.
When Trump crashed the reception and started throwing the stemware against the wall, he was immediately dismissed as too crude and uncouth to become president.
Common combinations with uncouth
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and uncouth 5×
- the uncouth 3×
- uncouth and 3×
- uncouth behavior 2×
- an uncouth 2×