Antonyms for couth
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kooth |
| Phonetic Transcription : kuθ |
Definition of couth
Origin :- Old English cuðe "known," past participle of cunnan (see can (v.1)), from Proto-Germanic *kunthaz (cf. Old Frisian kuth "known," Old Saxon cuth, Old High German kund, German kund, Gothic kunþs "known").
- Died out as such 16c. with the emergence of could, but the old word was reborn 1896, with a new sense of "cultured, refined," as a back-formation from uncouth (q.v.). The Old English word forms the first element in the man's proper name Cuthbert, literally "famous-bright."
- As in sophisticated : adj cosmopolitan, cultured
- As in polished : adj elegant
- Al myten o 25 same inges bettere and more plentiuousely be couth 592 in e moue of e poeple at knowe al is.
- Extract from : « Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' » by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Al myten o same inges bettere and more plentiuousely be couth in e moue of e poeple at knowe al is.
- Extract from : « Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' » by Geoffrey Chaucer
Synonyms for couth
- adult
- artificial
- been around
- blasé
- bored
- bright
- buffed
- burnished
- cavalier
- citified
- cool
- courteous
- courtly
- couth
- cultivated
- cynical
- diplomatic
- disenchanted
- disillusioned
- experienced
- glistening
- in
- in the know
- into
- jaded
- jet-set
- knowing
- laid-back
- mature
- mondaine
- on to
- polite
- politic
- practical
- practiced
- refined
- schooled
- seasoned
- sharp
- shiny
- skeptical
- smooth
- stagy
- streetwise
- studied
- suave
- svelte
- switched on
- tactful
- uptown
- urbane
- well-bred
- wise to
- wised up
- with it
- world-weary
- worldly
- worldly wise
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