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uncouthness

uncouthness noun: the characteristic of being uncouth.

Noun

uncouthness (countable and uncountable, plural uncouthnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being uncouth.
    • In Warrington’s very uncouthness there was a refinement, which the other’s finery lacked.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 54, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
    • That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 205

uncouthness meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu

uncouthness in Hindi

being uncouth
अशिष्टता aśiṣṭatā

uncouthness in Tamil

கொடுமை

uncouthness in Urdu

uncouthness
ادب نا آشنائی adab nā āśnāī

Forms of uncouthness

pluraluncouthnesses

Origin of uncouthness

From uncouth + -ness.

Questions about uncouthness

What does uncouthness mean?
Uncouthness means the characteristic of being uncouth.
What is uncouthness in Hindi?
Uncouthness in Hindi is अशिष्टता (aśiṣṭatā). See Uncouthness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is uncouthness?
Uncouthness is a noun.
What is the plural of uncouthness?
The plural of uncouthness is uncouthnesses.

Words near uncouthness in the dictionary

  1. uncousinly
  2. uncouth
  3. uncouther
  4. uncouthest
  5. uncouthly
  6. uncouthness
  7. uncouthnesses
  8. uncovenanted
  9. uncover
  10. uncoverable
  11. uncovered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncouthness (page history and authors); uncouthness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادب نا آشنائی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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