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uncouther

uncouther is the comparative form of uncouth.

Meaning of uncouth

Adjective

uncouth (comparative uncouther or more uncouth, superlative uncouthest or most uncouth)

  1. (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
    • If this uncouth
      forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or
      bring it for food to thee.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    alien, uncanny, weird, fremd, aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky
    Antonyms:
    couth
  2. Clumsy, awkward.
    Synonyms:
    bumbling, inept
  3. Unrefined, crude.
    • I don't want to associate with uncouth people.
    Antonyms:
    couth

Questions about uncouther

What is uncouther the comparative form of?
Uncouther is the comparative form of uncouth.

Words near uncouther in the dictionary

  1. uncourtliness
  2. uncourtly
  3. uncous
  4. uncousinly
  5. uncouth
  6. uncouther
  7. uncouthest
  8. uncouthly
  9. uncouthness
  10. uncouthnesses
  11. uncovenanted

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