different between uncouth vs underbred

uncouth

English

Etymology

From Middle English uncouth, from Old English unc?þ (unknown; unfamiliar; strange), from Proto-Germanic *unkunþaz (unknown), equivalent to un- +? couth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?ku??/
  • Rhymes: -u??

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
    Antonym: (obsolete) couth
  2. Clumsy, awkward.
    Synonym: fremd
  3. Unrefined, crude.
    Synonyms: impolite; see also Thesaurus:impolite
    Antonym: couth

Derived terms

  • uncouthness

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • untouch

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underbred

English

Alternative forms

  • under-bred

Etymology

From under- +? bred.

Adjective

underbred (comparative more underbred, superlative most underbred)

  1. Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 423:
      The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words [] .
  2. (of animals) Not purebred; of an inferior strain.

Synonyms

  • (manners): uncouth, rude, impolite

Antonyms

  • (breeding): thoroughbred

Verb

underbred

  1. simple past tense and past participle of underbreed

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