uncouth
Rough around edges
Uncouth describes someone or something lacking refinement, grace, or good manners.
An uncouth person behaves boorishly—eating with their mouth open, speaking crudely, or showing no awareness of social norms: His uncouth table manners embarrassed everyone.
The word suggests roughness that offends polite sensibilities, often implying the person doesn't know better or doesn't care.
Not processed or polished
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
rustic · crude · rough · philistine · uneducated · ignorant · uncultivated · uncivilized
Offensively ill-mannered
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- impoliteLacking good manners
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
- unmannerlyLacking good social behavior
uncivil · ill-mannered · discourteous · ungracious · insolent · impertinent · tactless · crass
Irreverent toward the sacred
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- obsceneGrossly offensive to decency
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- lewdObscenely sexual
foul-mouthed · coarse · ribald · bawdy · off-color · indecent · smutty · raunchy
Lacking physical coordination
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- gracelessLacking smoothness or charm
lumbering · ungraceful · maladroit · bumbling · inept · uncoordinated · stiff · blundering
unrefined
Not processed or polished
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
provincial · rustic · crude · rough · philistine · uneducated · ignorant · uncultivated · uncivilized · lowbrow
rude
Offensively ill-mannered
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- impoliteLacking good manners
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
unmannerly · uncivil · ill-mannered · discourteous · ungracious · insolent · impertinent · tactless · crass · brash
profane
Irreverent toward the sacred
lewd · foul-mouthed · coarse · ribald · bawdy · off-color · indecent · smutty · raunchy · scatological
clumsy
Lacking physical coordination
graceless · lumbering · ungraceful · maladroit · bumbling · inept · uncoordinated · stiff · blundering · ham-handed
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- unrefinedcrude, coarse, rough, unpolished, vulgar
- vulgarcrude, crass, coarse, vulgar, rude
- vulgarityvulgar humor, crude, crass, coarse, obscene
- clumsyclumsy, awkward, bumbling, bungling, fumbling
uncouthrefined
Purified or cultured
polished · genteel · well-mannered · well-bred · polite
uncouthsophisticated
Worldly and cultured
cultivated · cultured · refined · worldly · cosmopolitan