uncouth
Rude and bad-mannered.
uncouth in a sentence
- Talking with your mouth full is uncouth, Gran reminded us for the third time.
- Pushing past everyone in the queue is uncouth, so we waited politely for our turn.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to uncouth?
- Apolite
- Brude
- Ccivil
- Dgentle
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B: rude. The other three mean the opposite of uncouth.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to uncouth?
- Acrude
- Bpolite
- Cimpolite
- Drude
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B: polite. The other three mean nearly the same as uncouth.
Words that mean something similar
rude, crude, impolite
Words that mean the opposite
polite, gentle, civil
More words about behaviour & manners
- unorthodox: Unusual and different from the normal way of doing things.
- unruly: Wild and difficult to control.
- uphold: To support or defend something, such as a rule or belief.
- vile: Extremely unpleasant or nasty.
- volatile: Likely to change suddenly, often for the worse.
- wary: Careful because you sense there might be danger.
- wasteful: Using more of something than you need, so some of it is thrown away or lost.
- wayward: Behaving badly and hard to control.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test