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Recent Examples of uncouth Where DiCaprio is brash and wild and uncouth, Gladstone is understated, filled with a deep sadness but also a well of light and humor. Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025 Masters of None The practice of interviewing government officials became commonplace in the United States by the 1880s, but was considered uncouth in parts of Europe through the end of the First World War. Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024 Some audiences saw this as a warning, linking the societal shifts and movements of people aligned with the left as dangerous and uncouth. Jude Reid, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2024 Starting in the present allows Jenkins to bring back Simba’s uncouth sidekicks, Timon (Billy Eichner) and Pumbaa (Seth Rogen), while simian shaman Rafiki serves as narrator. Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for uncouth
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Adjective
  • When the train reaches Chicago, she's quickly arrested by a boorish officer who refuses to hear her account of what happened.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega play a father and daughter who happen upon a real-life unicorn with supernatural abilities that a couple of boorish businessman types (Richard E. Grant and Will Poulter) are keen to exploit.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Over time, authorities also sidelined activities like sumo wrestling—considered vulgar by Westerners—in favor of baseball, boating, mountain climbing, and other activities popular in the West.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Cornelius said that the superintendent later informed her of other prior incidents including her son — who has autism and is nonverbal — getting a shower without her permission, getting called vulgar names by staff and teachers, and receiving other inappropriate comments.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Even Lochlan and Piper, who think of themselves as more enlightened than their loutish brother and materialistic parents, have a lot of Victoria in them.
    Noel Murray, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Every great festival lineup needs an eccentric art-pop groundbreaker and some loutish guys who write anthems.
    Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Some segments of the Democratic coalition would find Piker to be edgy, or crass, or even despicable.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That’s a straightforward, even sympathetic premise with a crass edge to boot.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Some might consider this observation churlish when her biggest rival, ITV, was criticized for abandoning the playing field on Christmas Day after scheduling a parade of repeats.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The move garnered mixed reactions, with many calling out Brown for his rude tone and choice of words.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Shift The Focus To Collaboration Sometimes, rude colleagues act out of insecurity or stress.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But, for not a single D to stand to applaud a boy's brave battle with cancer, or a man's admission to West Point, was a classless disgrace.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Communism, on the other hand, advocates for a classless society where all property is communally owned.
    H. Sami Karaca, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.
    Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
  • My favorite combination is unsalted Irish Kerrygold butter mixed paired with clover honey and topped with coarse salt.
    Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025

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“Uncouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncouth. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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