a. 笨拙的, 粗野的, 荒凉的

[ adj ]
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
<adj.all>
he had coarse manners but a first-rate mindbehavior that branded him as common
an untutored and uncouth human being
an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
the vulgar display of the newly rich

Uncouth \Un*couth"\, a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc?? unknown,
strange: un- (see {Un-} not) + c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to
know. See {Can} to be able, and cf. {Unco}, {Unked}.]
1. Unknown. [Obs.] ``This uncouth errand.'' --Milton.

To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth. --Spenser.

2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]

Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. --Chaucer.

3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also,
odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. ``Uncouth in
guise and gesture.'' --I. Taylor.

I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.

Thus sang the uncouth swain. --Milton.

Syn: See {Awkward}.
※ -- {Un*couth"ly}, adv. --
{Un*couth"ness}, n.