Crossword clues for uncouthness
uncouthness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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Unknown. [Obs.] ``This uncouth errand.''
--Milton.To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of better that was uncouth.
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Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish.
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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. [1913 Webster] -- Un*couth"ly, adv. -- Un*couth"ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being uncouth.
WordNet
n. inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor [syn: boorishness]
Usage examples of "uncouthness".
They had used him as a butt because of his atrociously crossed eyes, certainly, but also because he had an innate uncouthness no amount of Roman polish ever managed to conceal.
In uncouthness of form it outdoes those obsolete old brutes who used to roam about the semi-aqueous world, and live a most uncomfortable life with their great hungering stomachs and huge unsatisfied maws.
And it was this strange Frenchman who such a mixture of uncouthness and gentle under stare who had wrought the change in her.
I am sure you must have been struck by his awkward look and abrupt manner, and the uncouthness of a voice which I heard to be wholly unmodulated as I stood here.
And as to the how of it, 'tis simply that all the village boys are such clodpolls that I can feel only contempt for their callow uncouthness!