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Uncouth vs Dissolute - What's the difference?

uncouth | dissolute |

As adjectives the difference between uncouth and dissolute

is that uncouth is (archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign while dissolute is unrestrained by morality.

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

    dissolute

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unrestrained by morality.
  • Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.

    • Synonyms

    * debauched, dissipated, hedonic, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, profligate, wanton

    Related terms

    * dissolutely * dissoluteness

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