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Uncouth vs Unmannered - What's the difference?

uncouth | unmannered |

As adjectives the difference between uncouth and unmannered

is that uncouth is (archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign while unmannered is having poor manners or social skills; ill-mannered; rude.

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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    Derived terms

    * uncouthness

    unmannered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having poor manners or social skills; ill-mannered; rude.