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Lowbrow vs Uncouth - What's the difference?

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Lowbrow is a related term of uncouth.


As adjectives the difference between lowbrow and uncouth

is that lowbrow is unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture while uncouth is (archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign.

As a noun lowbrow

is someone or something of low education or culture.

lowbrow

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
    • The Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something of low education or culture.

    • Antonyms

    * highbrow

    Related terms

    * highbrow * middlebrow

    References

    *ESC, 2003. Re:highbrow, middlebrow, lowbrow'', ''The Phrase finder . * Robert Hendrickson, 1997. Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins'' (New York: ''Facts on File )

    uncouth

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
  • * 1819 : , The Sketch Book (The Voyage)
    • There was a delicious sensation of mingled security and awe with which I looked down, from my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their uncouth gambols.
  • Clumsy, awkward.
  • Unrefined, crude.
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    • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * uncouthness