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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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Set on the glamorous European island, the film follows a rag-tag band of noble thieves who steal from the boorish elite tourists that destroy their home each summer.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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In half of this show, Allison appears in a sitcom version of her life, complete with a laugh track implicitly encouraging every boorish behavior of her husband, Kevin (Eric Petersen).Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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The men would make vulgar comments to her, or about her, even in her presence.Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
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Opinion:Wildest moments of a chaotic and often vulgar presidential race Reach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontz@arizonarepublic.com.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Homer wasn’t fooling around: those who aid the beggar are rewarded, those who mistreat him—the loutish suitors who have long besieged Penelope—are killed.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 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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Pop listeners tend to have (often misguided) opinions about those two genres: Rap is crass, country is uncool.Justin Curto, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
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What follows is an all-too-plausible scenario of crass consumerism gone wild, economic collapse and terror when all the apparats stop working.F.D. Flam, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 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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Wondering how to get out of Dodge without being rude?Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 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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And then, the clean station has its own 6 stage filtration system (main cycle, mess filter, single cyclone, coarse sponge, fine sponge, and HEPA 13 filter).Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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This prehistoric pottery, made from coarse clay with a reddish hue, was often used for everyday purposes like storage and cooking.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Uncouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncouth. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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