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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
Many protesters were uncouth, drunk, and aggressive, taunting the masked and refusing to wear masks in stores and restaurants.
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Krista Stevens, Longreads, 17 June 2024
And part of the problem is McCarthy, whose vulgar, uncouth character doesn’t have that many dimensions.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 May 2024
It was first produced on Broadway in 1959, with Carol Burnett in the lead role as Princess Winifred, an unabashed and sometimes uncouth potential bride for the prince.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
There’s an incorrect notion that talking about money or promotions is uncouth.
—Byscott Galloway, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
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Krista Stevens, Longreads, 17 June 2024
And part of the problem is McCarthy, whose vulgar, uncouth character doesn’t have that many dimensions.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 May 2024
It was first produced on Broadway in 1959, with Carol Burnett in the lead role as Princess Winifred, an unabashed and sometimes uncouth potential bride for the prince.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
There’s an incorrect notion that talking about money or promotions is uncouth.
—Byscott Galloway, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for uncouth
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Borisov has actually played such a role before, having previously starred as a boorish Russian dude who slowly reveals his softer side in the Finnish romantic comedy Compartment No. 6.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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The audiences at those concerts would strike us as boorish.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump was heard bragging in vulgar terms about women.Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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His loutish gimmick of the week is an obnoxious get-ready-with-me tutorial that the rest of his Chamber mates, unfortunately, can’t scroll past.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Widowed waitress Yvette Yates Redick and misfit nine-year-old son Benjamin Steinhauser remain in mourning for the man of the house — a vacancy poorly filled by her loutish current boyfriend (Rob Mayes).Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
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Now, the crass buddy comedy is ready to make Disney+ its home this fall — on November 12, to be exact.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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At worst, this is a case of playing crass politics with the country’s energy security.David Blackmon, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The British series, which debuted in 2022, follows Oscar winner Gary Oldman’s churlish and disheveled Jackson Lamb as the leader of a team of disgraced and disowned MI5 agents scrappily and shabbily getting the job done.Trey Williams, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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Asked about these comments, and responding to them, Tiger himself was churlish.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 July 2024
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Was the waiter being rude or was the customer overreacting?Soo Kim, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Dropping in on someone with no warning is inconsiderate, bordering on rude.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Their classless behavior is almost unbelievable at times.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2024
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More recently, Venezuela’s disastrous efforts under Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro to pursue a classless society through expropriations and unsustainable spending ultimately chased away businesses, private investment, and most of the middle class.Luis Alberto Moreno, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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For the herb paste: Process parsley, thyme, sage, rosemary, shallot, garlic, lemon zest, salt, and pepper in food processor until consistency of coarse paste, about 10 2-second pulses.Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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Some, his hardcore base, agree with everything the former president says right down to the coarsest insults.Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Uncouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncouth. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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