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  • 41Awkwardness — Awkward Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a… …

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  • 42coarse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rough, harsh textured, coarse grained; uncouth, rude, crude, crass, vulgar, gross, unrefined; broad, bawdy, ribald. See roughness, discourtesy, impurity, texture. Ant., smooth, delicate, refined. II …

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  • 43crude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rough, raw, unfinished, imperfect, plain, unwrought, unrefined, incomplete; unprepared, sketchy; coarse, crass, rude, tasteless, gross, immature, vulgar, uncouth. See inelegance, imperfection,… …

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  • 44rude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barbarous, crude, primitive, rough, rustic; harsh, rugged; coarse, uncouth; discourteous, uncivil, insolent. See vulgarity, courtesy, inelegance, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Boorish]… …

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  • 45rude — adjective 1) a rude man rude remarks Syn: ill mannered, bad mannered, impolite, discourteous, uncivil, unmannerly, mannerless; impertinent, insolent, impudent, disrespectful, cheeky; churlish, curt, brusque …

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  • 46rough-cut — adjective 1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste he had coarse manners but a first rate mind behavior that branded him as common an untutored and uncouth human being an uncouth soldier a real tough guy appealing to the vulgar taste for… …

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  • 47Unked — Un ked, a. [Corrupted fr. uncouth, or OE. unkid; un + p. p. of AS. c[=y][eth]an to make known, fr. c[=u][eth] known. See {Uncouth}.] 1. Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. Lonely; dreary; unkard. [Prov. Eng.] [1913… …

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  • 48ill-bred — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unmannerly, impolite; boorish, rude, coarse, uncouth; ignoble, base. See discourtesy, populace.Ant., well behaved. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncouth, vulgar, uncivil; see rude 1 , 2 . III (Roget s …

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  • 49un|couth´ness — un|couth «uhn KOOTH», adjective. 1. awkward; clumsy; crude; not refined: »an uncouth person, uncouth manners. 2. unusual and unpleasant; strange: »the eerie and uncouth noises of the jungle. ╂[Old English uncūth < un un 1 + cūth known & …

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  • 50un|couth´ly — un|couth «uhn KOOTH», adjective. 1. awkward; clumsy; crude; not refined: »an uncouth person, uncouth manners. 2. unusual and unpleasant; strange: »the eerie and uncouth noises of the jungle. ╂[Old English uncūth < un un 1 + cūth known & …

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