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UNCERTAIN - UNDERSIZED
UNCERTAIN - adjectives
• ALL ABROAD uncertain, at a loss ...1821 Eng.SL.
• ALL IN THE WIND adj. wavering, uncertain ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ANCIPITOUS † doubtful, uncertain; ambiguous ...1652
• BRICKLE changeable, uncertain; fickle, not trustworthy ...1872 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CASUAL † subject to chance or accident; frail, uncertain, precarious ...1529
• CATCHING in an uncertain or precarious state ...c1611
• CAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• CHANCY doubtful, uncertain ...1903 Amer. dial.
• DACKER hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
• DARK doubtful, uncertain; unknown ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEBATEFUL † of things: controversial, contentious, uncertain, questionable ...1587
• DICKY of things, conditions, etc.: uncertain, doubtful, critical, hazardous; rickety, shaky, tottering ...1851
• DODGY uncertain or unreliable; tricky ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• DOUTOUS † doubtful; of uncertain existence, meaning, or issue ...c1330
• DUBEROUS dubious, doubtful, uncertain, suspicious ... 1818 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DUBITABLE doubtful, uncertain; open to doubt or question; capable of being doubted ...1624
• DUBITATIVE inclined or given to doubt; expressing doubt or hesitancy; doubting, uncertain ...1727
• EYVY-KEYVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FANKLED uncertain ...1932 Sc.
• HAVEY-CAVEY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY-CEAVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEIGHVY-KEIGHVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEIVY-KEIVY uncertain, doubtful, wavering, hesitating ...1874 Eng. dial.
• IZEY-TIZEY uncertain, wavering, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KAIDLIN not firm, uncertain of step or motion; not in health ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LUBRIC † slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error ...1631
• MISDOUBTFUL dubious, uncertain ...1927 Amer. dial.
• NINNY-NONNY foolish, weak-minded, childish; uncertain, of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• ODDLING trifling, uncertain, dallying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF NOR ON neither one thing nor another; uncertain, vacillating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPINABLE † that is a matter of opinion; not certain, disputable, conjectural ...1456
• OPINATIVE † expressing opinion; conjectural, not certain ...1588
• OPINIONABLE †* that is a matter of opinion, disputable, uncertain; ...1615-20
• OPINIONATE † based on opinion, or held in the way of opinion; conjectural, uncertain; supposed, fancied ...1553
• QUAVERY-MAVERY * in an uncertain or precarious condition; undecided, and hesitating how to decide ...1809
• QUEASY † of a matter: uncertain, hazardous ...1589
• SHADY uncertain, unreliable ...M19 sl., orig. university
• SLIDDERY † changing, uncertain, fleeting ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKLE † not to be depended on; uncertain; unreliable; changeable; inconstant; capricious; fickle ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• TIDDIE cross in temper; uncertain, crotchety; eccentric ...1899 Sc.
• TITUBANT * uncertain, doubting, hesitating, wavering ...1880
• UNBRANGLED †* not shaken or made uncertain ...1671 Sc.
• UNCERT †* uncertain ...1543 Sc.
• UNCERTAINED † uncertain, doubting ...1470
• VACILLANT uncertain, hesitating, wavering ...1521
• WISHY-WASHY weak; uncertain ...1703 UK sl.
• WOBBLY uncertain, undecided; risky ...1884 UK sl.
UNCERTAIN, UNCERTAINTY - nouns
• BALANCE † 1. subjective uncertainty; hesitation, wavering, doubt ...1297
† 2. objective uncertainty or suspense; risk, hazard ...1330
• DACKER † uncertainty, a state of suspense or hesitation; also used of unsettled weather; a lull ...1808 Sc.
• FOG a state of mental uncertainty or obscurity
• IZEY-TIZEY uncertainty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JEOPARDY † an even chance; an undecided state of affairs; uncertainty; chance ...c1374
• LUCKY DIP an undertaking of uncertain outcome ...colloq.
• MANK a moment's uncertainty, a hesitation; a pother, a fuss, a to-do ...1808 Sc.
• QUANDARY a dilemma; a state of extreme uncertainty ...M16 sl.
• TICKLENESS † insecurity, instability; critical situation, precariousness; inconstancy; uncertainty ...c1390
• UNCERTAINNESS * uncertainty ...1601
• VACILLANCY * vacillation ...1668
• VARIATION † uncertainty, doubt ...1471
UNCERTAIN, UNCERTAINTY - verbs
• BE AT A VARY † to be at a loss; to feel uncertain ...1766 Sc.
• EAT THE CALF IN THE COW'S BELLY to rely on something that is uncertain ...1748 sl.
• HANG IN THE WIND to subsist on uncertainty, to await events ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• INDUBITATE †* to render doubtful or uncertain; to call in question ...1646
• ODDLE to go about in an uncertain or useless way; to trifle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STAND UPON A HAIR to be within a very little, to be 'touch and go' with ...1898 Sc.
• STRING ALONG to keep a person waiting or in a state of uncertainty ...colloq.
• UM AND AH to hesitate, to be uncertain ...2000 UK sl.
• VARY † to be uncertain, to hesitate ...c1477
• WAFFLE to waver, to be uncertain, undecided, or hesitant; to vacillate ...1819 Sc.& N. Eng. dial.
UNCHANGEABLE - adjectives
• IMPERMUTABLE † unchangeable ...1528
UNCHANGED - adjectives
• IMMUTATE * unchanged ...1788
• IMMUTE †* unchanged ...1639
UNCHANGED - nouns
• SAME-OLD an unchanged condition ...2000 UK sl.
UNCHANGING - adjectives
• BRANDED IN THE HIDE uncompromising in principle; dyed-in-the-wool ...1965 Amer. dial.
UNCHARACTERISTIC - adjectives
• MALIHINI strange, uncharacteristic ...Hawaii
UNCHASTE - adjectives
• BAWDY pert. to or fitting a bawd; lewd, obscene, unchaste; chiefly applied to language ...1513
• LOOSE-TAILED † of bad character; wanton; unchaste; wanting in self-restraint ...1598
• STUPROUS †* unchaste, sexually compliant; given to adultery or whoredom, adulterous, whorish ...1603
UNCHASTE - nouns, person
• HARLOT 1. (derogatory) a promiscuous woman; an unchaste woman, a prostitute, a strumpet ...1432
† 2. an unchaste man or woman ...1563
• JAY an unchaste or loose woman ...1598
• KITTOCK a familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character; a wanton, an unchaste woman; a mistress, a concubine ...c1470 Sc.
• LADY OF EASY VIRTUE an unchaste woman ...1785 euphemism
• LIMMER an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MARIAN † an unchaste or loose woman ...1567
• OPEN-TAIL †* a light, indelicate, or unchaste woman ...a1618
• RANNELL † a hussy, a jade; an impudent girl or woman; an unchaste or lewd woman ...1573
• SINNER an unchaste woman ...a1400
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• YAUD † a strumpet; a whore; an unchaste or loose woman ...a1400
UNCHASTISED - adjectives
• UNCHASTIED † unchastised ...c1340
UNCHASTITY - nouns
• BAWDRY † unchastity, fornication ...1460
UNCHRISTENED - adjectives
• UNCHRISOM * unchristened ...1831
• UNKERSTENED unchristened ,,,1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNCHRISTIAN - adjectives
• UNCHRISTEN † unchristian ...c1000
• UNCHRISTENLIKE † unchristianlike ...1570
UNCHRISTIANLY - adverbs
• UNCHRISTENLY † unchristianly ...1535
UNCIRCUMCISED - adjectives
• UNCIRCUMCIDED † uncircumcised ...1382
• UNCIRCUMCIS † uncircumcised ...c1250
• UNSLICED uncircumcised ...1970s US homosexual sl.
UNCIRCUMCISED - nouns, person
• SKIN BOY an uncircumcised male ...1999 NZ sl.
UNCIRCUMCISED - verbs
• SKIN THE LIVE RABBIT to fold back the foreskin of an uncircumcised penis ...20C colloq.
UNCIVIL - adjectives
• IMMORIGEROUS † unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude ...1623
• INDISCREET † uncivil, rude ...1727 Sc.
• UNBAIN † unfriendly, disagreeable; uncivil ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
UNCIVILIZED - adjectives
• BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized ...c1400
• NEGEROUS † barbarous, uncivilized ...1609
• SAVAGED †* savage, barbarous, uncivilized; also, rendered savage or cruel ...1611
UNCIVILIZED - nouns
• SAVAGISM the condition of being wild or uncivilized; the savage state of human society ...1796
UNCIVILLY - adverbs
• INDISCREETLY † uncivilly, rudely ...1650 Sc.
UNCLAIMED - nouns
• WAITH † n. that which is stray and unclaimed; flotsam and jetsam; a wandering, a straying ...1838 Sc.
UNCLE - nouns
• PATRUITY * the relationship of an uncle ...1844
UNCLE - nouns, person
• AJUSI an uncle ...1972 Hawaii
• AULD-UNCLE the uncle of one's father or mother ...Bk1898 Sc.
• EAM † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; a gossip ...1681 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EAME † uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• EEM † uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• EME † an uncle ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EMM † uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• EYME uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• MALE AUNT an uncle ...1821
• NEME † uncle ...c1450
• NUNKY † an uncle; also, a familiar term of address to an elderly man ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OLD UNCLE a great-uncle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PAPPY a grandfather; occasionally, a great-uncle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TONTON an uncle, used as a title or term of address ...1969 French Canadian
• UNC an uncle, esp. as a term of address ...1946 Aust. sl.
• UNCLE-IN-LAW the husband of one's aunt ...1561
• UNK uncle ...20C sl.
• UNKIE uncle ...20C sl.
UNCLE - verbs
• AVUNCULIZE * to act like an uncle ...1662
• UNCLIFY to make an uncle of ...1799
UNCLEAN - adjectives
• IMMUND * unclean, impure; filthy, foul ...1621
• SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
UNCLEANLINESS, UNCLEANNESS - nouns
• IMMUNDICITY † uncleanness, impurity; filthiness ...1530
• IMMUNDITY * uncleanness, filthiness, impurity ...1870
• MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything ...1879
UNCLEANSED - adjectives
• IMMUNDIFIED †* uncleansed ...1597
UNCLEAR - adjectives
• DUSTY unclear; unable to predict the future ...1970s US Black sl.
UNCLOTHE - verbs
• NUDATE †* to make bare or naked, to strip, to unclothe ...1688
• UNCLEAD † to unclothe, to undress ...a1300
UNCLOTHED - adjectives
• ADAMITIC †* naked, unclothed ...1662
• ADAMITICAL †* naked, unclothed ...1666
• NAKED AS MY NAIL, AS † quite naked; nude; as unclothed as a fingernail ...1559
• UNDOFFED unclothed, undressed, naked ...c1440
UNCLOTHED - nouns, person
• ADAMITE an imitator of Adam in his nakedness; an unclothed man ...1628
UNCOMBED - adjectives
• UNKAIMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKAMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKEMBED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKEMMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Eng. dial.
UNCOMELY - adjectives
• DEDECOROUS † disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest ...1727
• ILL-FAVORITED †* ill-favoured; having a bad or unpleasing appearance, aspect, or features, ill-looking, uncomely ...1579
• ILL-SHAKEN-UP uncomely, ungraceful, disordered in dress ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MALGRACIOUS †* ill-favoured, uncomely; ungracious, disobliging ...1390
• UNBORELY † uncomely, inelegant ...a1400
• UNBURLY † uncomely, inelegant ...a1400
• UNBUXOM † uncomely ...B1900
UNCOMELY - nouns, person
• DABBERLOCKS a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLACK a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLICK a tall, uncomely person; commonly a term of disrespect ...Bk1900 Eng. dial. Sc.
• GAABRIL a big, uncomely person of an ill-natured disposition ...1866 Sc.
• GOOSE AMONG SWANS, A an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned ...1738
• JABB a big, lean, uncomely person ...1866 Sc.
UNCOMFORTABLE - adjectives
• ICKY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1929 Amer. dial.
• ISHY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MISEASY † miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable ...c1290
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• QUEERISH not well in health, rather uncomfortable ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNFEEL uncomfortable, unpleasant; coarse, rough ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
UNCOMFORTABLE - nouns
• SALT-SELLER LIFE an uncomfortable existence ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNCOMFORTABLE - verbs
• FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED MONKEY to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED WITCH to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1909 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S TIT IN A TIGHT CRACK to find oneself in an awkward and uncomfortable position, whether physical or emotional ...c1920 Can. sl.
UNCOMFORTABLE - phrases
• BETWEEN HAWK AND BUZZARD in a difficult or uncomfortable position ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS between seasons of plenty, hence, in a difficult or uncomfortable position ...1939 Amer. dial.
• I DON'T LIKE THIS MOVIE this is unpleasant or boring; I am not happy or comfortable ...1960s US sl.
UNCOMMON - adjectives
• GAYSON † scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon ...1377
• GEASON † scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon ...1377
UNCOMMON - nouns
• DEW-LICKER anything very surprising or out of the common ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MASER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MAZER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
UNCOMMONLY - adverbs
• AUDACIOUS exceedingly, uncommonly, very ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UNCOTH very, uncommonly ...1895 Eng. dial.
UNCOMMUNICATIVE - nouns, person
• OLD OYSTER a term of address, esp. to a reserved, uncommunicative person ...c1890 sl.
UNCOMPLIMENTARY - nouns
• BLACK WORD a very uncomplimentary remark ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a severe reprimand; a verbal attack; a very uncomplimentary remark; a sharp scolding ...1874 Amer. dial.
UNCOMPLIMENTARY - verbs
• BLAST to scold, to slander, to attack verbally; to say uncomplimentary things about somebody ...1957 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON to say uncomplimentary things about someone ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAKE OVER to scold; to say uncomplimentary things about somebody ...1965 Amer. dial.
UNCOMPROMISING - adjectives
• BRANDED IN THE HIDE uncompromising in principle; dyed-in-the-wool ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FLAT-FOOTED downright and uncompromising ... Brit. colloq.
• HARD-NOSED stubborn, uncompromising ...1927 US sl.
• ROCK-RIBBED resolute, uncompromising, esp. in political allegiance
• TAKE-NO-PRISONERS uncompromising ..1980s sl.
UNCOMPROMISING - nouns, person
• HARD JOHN a tough, uncompromising person ...1961 US sl.
UNCONCEALED - adjectives
• BAREFACED unconcealed, undisguised, open ...1605 arch.
• EBER † manifest, unconcealed ...a975
UNCONCERN - nouns
• SANS SOUCI unconcern ...1797
• SANS-SOUCI-ISM unconcern ...1837
UNCONCERN - verbs
• LET THE WORLD WAG to regard the course of events with unconcern ...a1529
• LET THE WORLD WAG AS IT WILL to regard the course of events with unconcern ...1611
UNCONCERN - phrases
• NOT A BOTHER ON SOMEONE expressing unconcern or contentment ...1996 Irish sl.
UNCONCERNED - adjectives
• LACKADAISICAL dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic ...M18
• LACKADAISY dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic ...L18
• LAID-BACK relaxed or easygoing; unconcerned; unhurried; casual ...1969 US colloq.
• MATTERLESS indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested ...1760 Eng. dial.
• NOT GIVE A CENT unconcerned ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOT GIVE A CUSS unconcerned ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOT GIVE A DARN unconcerned ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SANS SOUCI unconcerned ...1797
UNCONCERNED - verbs
• WALK COOL to act in an unconcerned, relaxed manner, esp. in the face of problems or menaces ...1960s US Black sl.
UNCONDITIONALLY - adverbs
• BARELY † without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340
UNCONFORMABLE - adjectives
• UNAGREEABLE † unconformable or unsuitable to; inconsistent or incongruous with ...1550
UNCONGENIAL - adjectives
• UNAGREEABLE * not agreeable or pleasing; not to one's liking or taste; disagreeable, uncongenial ...c1374
UNCONSCIOUS - adjectives
• AWAY mad; unconscious; dead ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BETWEEN THE TWO WORLDS almost unconscious ...1893 Eng. dial.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead ...1913 Amer. sl.
• DEAD unconscious, senseless ...1887 Amer. dial.
• DEADO deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD-OH deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus ...1899 sl.
• OUT LIKE A LIGHT unconscious ...1934 sl.
• OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• SPARK OUT unconscious ...1936 sl.
• UNDER unconscious due to anaesthesia ...20C sl.
• UN-FUCKING-CONSCIOUS totally unconscious ...20C US sl.
• WHITE-EYED unconscious ...1979 Amer. dial.
UNCONSCIOUS - nouns, person
• COLD MEAT one who has been knocked unconscious ...1910s sl.
UNCONSCIOUS - verbs
• CHILL to render someone unconscious, either in the boxing ring or elsewhere ...20C US criminals' sl.
• CONK OUT to become unconscious ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL-COCK to knock unconscious ...1930s US sl.
• COOL-CRACK to knock unconscious ...1940s US Black sl.
• DOVER to cause to doze or be unconscious ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FLAKE OUT to become unconscious ...1942 sl.
• KNOCK COLD to knock unconscious ...M19 sl.
• KNOCK CUCKOO to knock out; to make unconscious; hence, to dazzle an audience ...1927 US sl.
• KNOCK DEAD to knock unconscious ...M19 sl.
• KNOCK DIZZY to knock unconscious ...1935 US sl.
• KNOCK KOO-KOO to render unconscious; to mortally wound; to kill ...Amer. World War I sl.
• KNOCK SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious ...1982 Amer. sl.
• PUNCH SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PUT SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious ...1866 Amer. sl.
• WHITE-EYE to knock unconscious ...1991 Amer. dial.
• ZOMBIE OFF to lose consciousness ...1940s sl.
• ZONE to lose consciousness or concentration ...1970s sl.
• ZONE OUT to lose consciousness or concentration ...1970s sl.
• ZONK to die; to lose consciousness, esp. from alcohol or drugs ...1970s US sl.
• ZONK OUT to die; to lose consciousness, esp. from alcohol or drugs ...1970s US sl.
UNCONSCIOUSNESS - nouns
• SHUT-EYE unconsciousness; an act or instance of losing consciousness for any reason ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
UNCONSENTING - adjectives
• UNBETEAMING † unconsenting ...1642
UNCONSTRAINED - adjectives
• LARGED †* enlarged, unconstrained, slack ...1382
• UNASTRAINED † unconstrained ...c1375
• UNCOACTED not compelled or constrained ...1545
• UNCOGIBLE † incapable of being constrained, unrestrainable ...1646
• UNNED † unconstrained ...c1200
UNCONTROLLABLE - adjectives
• BRONCHO wild, uncontrollable ...1887
• RANK wild, uncontrollable, mischievous, cunning ...1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
UNCONTROLLED - adjectives
• LIBERTINE unrestrained, uncontrolled ...arch.
• MADBRAIN † mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1592
• MAD-BRAINED hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1577
• MAD-HEADED mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1567
• OFF ONE'S KNOCKER mad, insane, uncontrolled ...1900s Aust. sl.
• RAMMISH † of persons or animals: headstrong, impetuous, rash, uncontrolled, wanton ...1607 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDOM impulsive, uncontrolled, flighty, careless ...1880 Eng. dial.
• ROGUE uncontrolled, undisciplined, irresponsible ...M20
UNCONTROLLED - adverbs
• LIKE A HALF-SLED IN A SNOWSTORM in an uncontrolled or unmanageable manner ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A HALF-SLED ON ICE in an uncontrolled or unmanageable manner ...1873 Amer. dial.
UNCONVENTIONAL - adjectives
• BOHO unconventional, bohemian ...1958 US sl.
• FAR OUT unconventional, avant-garde ...1960 sl.
• HARD-CASE eccentric, unconventional ...1971 NZ sl.
• OFFBEAT differing from the usual or expected; unconventional ...1925
• OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange ...1960 Amer. sl.
• OFF-TRAIL unconventional, out of the ordinary ...1950s US sl.
• WAY OUT unconventional, avant-garde ...1959 sl.
UNCONVENTIONAL - nouns, person
• BOHO a Bohemian, in the sense of an unconventional person ...1958 US sl.
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OFF-BRAND n. an unconventional or strange person ...1967 US sl.
• QUARE HAWK someone who is unconventional in some way; an odd person ...1989 Ireland sl.
UNCONVENTIONALLY - adverbs
• OFF THE WALL spontaneously, unconventionally ...1970s US sl.
UNCONVINCED - adjectives
• UNSAYED unconvinced; unsubdued ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNCONVINCING - adjectives
• FAR-FET † of an argument, notion, etc: studiously sought out; not easily or natural introduced; strained; far-fetched, unlikely and unconvincing ...1533
• FAR-FETCH † far-fetched; unlikely and unconvincing ...1603
UNCOOL - adjectives
• BRADY not cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUNK uncool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COB not cool; stupid ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DAGGY conservative and lacking style and sophistication in manners, interests, etc.; uncool; unfashionable in dress ...20C Aust. sl.
• GAY not cool, totally stupid ...20C teen & high school sl.
UNCOOL - adverbs
• DAGGILY in an unfashionable or uncool manner ...1972 Aust. sl.
UNCOOL - nouns, person
• DAG a person who is dull and conservative; a person who has no sense of fashion; an uncool or unhip person ...1966 Aust. sl.
UNCOOPERATIVE - adjectives
• CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY moody and uncooperative ...1862 sl., now chiefly US
UNCOOPERATIVE - nouns, person
• BADASS a tough, aggressive or uncooperative person; a troublemaker ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BOLSHIE an uncooperative person ...1940 Brit. sl.
• BOLSHY an uncooperative person ...1940 Brit. sl.
UNCOOPERATIVE - verbs
• COP A TUDE to act in an uncooperative or angry manner ...1980s US college sl.
UNCOORDINATED - adjectives
• CALFY uncoordinated ...M16 sl.
• GOOFY uncoordinated, inept ...1910s sl.
• OBZOCKY lacking grace and coordination ...1956 Trinidad & Tobago
• UNCO awkward; clumsy; uncoordinated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNTOGETHER applied to someone who is poorly coordinated or not in control of their faculties ...1969
UNCOORDINATED - nouns, person
• UNCO an uncoordinated person or object ...1990s Aust. teen sl.
UNCORRUPTED - adjectives
• UNACCURSED pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNACCURST pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
UNCOUNTABLE - adjectives
• UNACCOUNTABLE † incalculable; uncountable ...1690
UNCOUPLE - verbs
• DECOUPLE †* to uncouple ...1602
UNCOURTEOUS - adjectives
• INDEPENDENT uncourteous, unobliging ...BK1902 Eng. dial.
UNCOUTH - adjectives
• AVERN uncouth in person, dress, and manners ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• BORN AND RAISED IN A SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BORN IN A CAVE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A LOG CABIN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A PIGSTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A SAWMILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A TENT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A TREE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE BACKHOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON A RAFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN YESTERDAY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A CELLAR lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A HEN COOP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A HOGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A PIGSTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A ROWBOAT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A SAW-MILL badly brought up; uncouth, boorish ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A SLUM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A WOODSHED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP LIKE AN ANIMAL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP ON THE RIVER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COME OUT OF THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DRAGGED UP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DRAGGED UP IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DROPPED FROM THE HAYLOFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ELSH raw, uncouth ...1829 Eng. dial.
• FAR BACK backward as regards progress, education, etc.; ignorant, uncouth ...1950 Sc.
• FED AT A TROUGH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM DEAKE'S ISLAND lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM PODUNK lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM SWAMPOODLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GABY ill-mannered, uncouth ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GAWBY foolish, idiotic; ill-mannered, uncouth ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GRADUATED FROM A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREW UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREW UP IN THE WOODS BEHIND THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAD NO HOME TRAINING lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAGARIAN oafish, uncouth, rough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• HALF-RAISED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JAKEY countrified, old-fashioned, uncouth ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LANDWARD having country manner, rustic; awkward, uncouth ...1725 Sc.
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• OUT OF THE MARSH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PICKED UP UNDER A BUSH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PICKED UP UNDER A ROCK lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PULLED UP BY THE EARS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAGABASH rough, uncouth, beggarly; good-for-nothing ...1818 Sc.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAISED AMONG ANIMALS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED AND NOT REARED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED A PERFECT OUTLAW lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BACKWOODS ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BARN ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1908 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BARNYARD ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BUNKHOUSE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A CAVE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A CHICKEN COOP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A CHICKEN HOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A COW PEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A DUMP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A HOGPEN ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A MILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN AN ALLEY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A PIGPEN ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A PIGSTY ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A SALOON lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A SAWMILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A STABLE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A STY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A ZOO lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN BACK OF THE FIELD lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE BOONDOCKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE HILLS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE LOT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE MOUNTAINS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE NEW GROUND lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE PINEY WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE REFORMATORY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE STONE AGE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE WILDERNESS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE YARD lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED LIKE TOPSY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON A FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON A HILLSIDE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON A RAFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON MECHANIC STREET lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE HILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE STREET lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED OUT IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP ALONE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP IN A SHIT HOUSE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP WITH THE HOGS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WITH THE CHICKENS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WITH THE NAVAJOS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WITH THE PIGS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WRONG lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAMBASKIOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBASKISH uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMSTAGEOUS rough, coarse, uncouth ...1811 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAW AS ROPES doltish, gauche, uncouth ...1880 Sc.
• REARED IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REARED IN A HOGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REARED IN A SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REARED IN A SHANTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT OFF THE FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SALTY unpleasant, uncouth, crude; of language: obscene ...1920s US teen sl.
• SNATCHED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TACKEY uncouth, ill-mannered; impolite in behaviour ...1916 Amer. sl.
• TACKY uncouth, ill-mannered; impolite in behaviour ...1916 Amer. sl.
• UGLY huge; uncouth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
UNCOUTH - nouns, person
• ACORN-CRACKER a rustic, a yokel, a country jake; an uncouth rural person ...1905 Amer. sl.
• ANIMAL a sexually aggressive male, or an extremely uncouth male ...M20 US sl.
• BABOON an ugly or uncouth person; a stupid person; an inferior person; an oaf, a jerk; also, a term of abuse ...c1500
• BEAR a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person ...1751
• BIG STIFF an uncouth person who is self-opinionated ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABBRACH a big, uncouth, greedy person; a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABROCH a person of disagreeable temper and manners; a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAFONE an uncouth person, a lowlife ...Italian
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CUB an awkward, silly, uncouth, uncultured, or unpoised youth ...c1600
• GALLOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, or otherwise objectionable; an awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GALOON an awkward or uncouth person; often used affectionately ...19C sl., orig. US
• GALOOSH an awkward or uncouth person; often used affectionately ...19C sl., orig. US
• GALOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, worthless or otherwise objectionable; a big, awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GANFER an unwieldy, uncouth person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOM an uncouth person, esp. when applied to an Afrikaner ...1970 S. Afr.
• GOMTOR an uncouth person, esp. when applied to an Afrikaner ...1970 S. Afr.
• GRULCH a small, stocky person, usually somewhat uncouth and less then amicable ...20C Irish
• HABBLE a lout, a coarse or uncouth person; one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• HALLACKS a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HOB-GOB a fool, an idiot; an awkward, uncouth person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JAKE (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person; a lout; an oaf; a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECK a stupid person; a fool; a blockhead; an uncouth person ...1919 Amer. dial.
• LUMMOX an uncouth boy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN BOOMER one from the outlying districts; an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PEASANT someone considered ignorant, stupid, or awkward; an uncouth or uncultured person ...1943 colloq.
• RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RIDGE RUNNER a rustic, esp. a mountaineer; an uncouth, stupid fellow; a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ROUDY an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROUGH-NECK an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROWDY an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person ...1904 Sc.
• SHITEPOKE a mean, contemptible, or uncouth person ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SIWASH an uncouth ruffian ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SKATE a disreputable White male, from a working-class background, whose behaviour is uncouth, hedonistic, and irresponsible ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• STIFF an uncouth person who is self-opinionated ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TUG a dirty, uncouth, repellent person ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• YARD DOG an unsophisticated, uncouth person ...1973 US sl.
• YAWNAX a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
• YAWNUP a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
• YAWNUPS a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
• YAWNUX a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
UNCOUTHNESS - nouns
• FEATNESS † oddness, strangeness, uncouthness ...1730
UNCOVER - verbs
• ABARE † to make bare, to uncover, to disclose ...1731
• TIRL to uncover by rolling back the covering; to strip a person naked; to unroof a building ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRR to strip a person naked; to uncover; to unroof a house, etc. ...1553 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCASE to uncover, to lay bare, to expose to view or observation ...1587
• UNHAP to uncover, to make naked ...1899 Eng. dial.
• UNHEAL to strip, to uncover, to unroof ...1891 Eng. dial.
UNCOVERED - adjectives
• DECOVERED † uncovered ...1658
• THACKLESS uncovered; hatless ...1804 Sc.
• UNLEPPED † uncovered ...a1225
UNCULTIVATED - adjectives
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• SAVAGE † 1. uncultivated, wild ...c1330
† 2. of a plant or tree: wild, uncultivated ...1422
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
UNCULTIVATED - nouns
• BARBARY † uncultivated speech as opposed to a classical language or classic diction ...1509
UNCULTIVATED - nouns, person
• GOOSE AMONG SWANS, A an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned ...1738
• HASPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HESPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACKPINE FARMER a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1973 Amer. dial.
• JACKPINE SAVAGE a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1957 Amer. dial.
• QUASHIBA a foolish, uncultivated woman ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• ROUGH NECK a quarrelsome or uncultivated person ...1836 sl., orig. US
UNCULTURED - adjectives
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PEEZALTREE inferior; uncultured; unsatisfactory ...1953 Amer. dial.
• STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne'er-do-well ...1833 Aust. sl.
UNCULTURED - nouns, person
• CARTER a rude, uncultured man; a clown; common in the 16th century ...1509
• CUB an awkward, silly, uncouth, uncultured, or unpoised youth ...c1600
• PEASANT someone considered ignorant, stupid, or awkward; an uncouth or uncultured person ...1943 colloq.
• YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine ...1726 UK
UNCURBED - adjectives
• UNCRUBEET uncurbed, unrestrained; uncropped, untrimmed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNCUT - adjectives
• UNBARBED unmown, uncut ...1612 poetic
UNDAMAGED - adjectives
• O.K. well, safe; unharmed; undamaged ...1839 colloq.
• OKAY well, safe; unharmed; undamaged ...1839 colloq.
• UNBRAIDED † untarnished, undamaged ...1611
UNDAUNTED - adjectives
• HALE-HEARTED with unbroken spirit, undaunted, unmoved, unaffected ...1875 Sc.
• IMPAVID * fearless, undaunted ...1857
• UNABASED † undaunted ...a1400
UNDECEIVE - verbs
• UNBEGUILE to undeceive ...1601
UNDECIDED - adjectives
• AVOIRDUPOIS undecided; in doubt, wavering in one's mind ...1875 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH reluctant, undecided ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETWEEN TWO MINDS in doubt or suspense; undecided ...1862 Ireland & Sc.
• DACKER hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
• DEAD-SWEER undecided ...1721 Sc.
• DILLY-DALLY undecided, shilly-shally ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUBLE-MINDED wavering or undecided in mind ...1545
• HAFFLING hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLY hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAIFTY-KAIFTY wavering, undecided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAUFISH reluctant, undecided ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAVERDEPAISE undecided; in doubt, wavering in one's mind ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HAWVISH undecided, indefinite ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEFTY-KEFTY wavering, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY fussy, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IFFING-AND-OFFING in a state of indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-ANDING hesitating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-OFFING in a state of indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IZEY-TIZEY uncertain, wavering, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MEEDLESS undecided, unable to make up one's mind; heedless, without thought or plan ...1703 Eng. dial.
• QUAVERY-MAVERY * in an uncertain or precarious condition; undecided, and hesitating how to decide ...1809
• TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety ...1875 Eng. dial.
• UNABSOLVED † unsettled, undecided ...1721
• WAFFLING indecisive, hesitating, vacillating, shilly-shallying ...1847 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• WAFFLY hesitating, undecided, vacillating; weak ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHIFFLE-MINDED fickle; vacillating, undecided ...1844 Amer. dial.
• WOBBLY uncertain, undecided; risky ...1884 UK sl.
• YEA-NAY wavering, undecided; feeble in character ...1902 Eng. dial.
UNDECIDED - nouns
• JEOPARDY † an even chance; an undecided state of affairs; uncertainty; chance ...c1374
UNDECIDED - nouns, person
• FICKLE JOHNNY CROW one who does not know his own mind ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• SANNOCK a fanciful, dainty person; one who is slow and undecided, or namby-pamby ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE-BAGS one who hesitates or vacillates; a weak, undecided person ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLER a weak, indecisive, vacillating person; one who hesitates; a ditherer; a laggard ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLES one who hesitates or vacillates; a trifling, undecided person; a loafer, an idle sauntering person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
UNDECIDED - verbs
• BELBEVAR to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BE ON THE BALANCE to hesitate, to be undecided ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DICKER AROUND to waste time in indecision ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAFFLE AND CAFFLE to shilly-shally ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-CAFFLE to falter, to vacillate, to act with indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG IN THE WIND to be or remain in dubious suspense; to be doubtful, undecided; to be irresolute, to vacillate ...1555
• HIFFLE-HAFFLE to be undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to hesitate; to be undecided; to waver in determination ...1350 Eng. dial.
• NIGNAY to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance ...1880 Sc.
• WAFFLE to waver, to be uncertain, undecided, or hesitant; to vacillate ...1819 Sc.& N. Eng. dial.
UNDECLARED - adjectives
• UNAWNED † unmanifested, undeclared ...c1200
UNDEFENSIBLE - adjectives
• UNFACEABLE. undefensible, unreasonable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDEFILED - adjectives
• IMPOLLUTE † unpolluted, undefiled ...1382
• IMPOLLUTED † unpolluted, undefiled ...1548
• UNACCURSED pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNACCURST pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNDEETED undefiled ...1859 Eng. dial.
• UNDIGHTED undefiled ...1859 Eng. dial.
UNDEFILED - nouns
• IMPOLLUTION †* the state of being unpolluted or undefiled ...1611
UNDEMANDING - adjectives
• CANDY of a job, crime, or other activity: easy, undemanding, 'soft' ...1930s US sl.
UNDENIABLY - adverbs
• UNAGAINSAYABLY †* undeniably ...c1449
UNDEPENDABLE - adjectives
• NO-ACCOUNT worthless; useless; good-for-nothing; insignificant; undependable, untrustworthy, criminal ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SHIFTY undependable, untrustworthy, dishonest, evasive ...1884 Amer. dial.
• TEPTIOUS snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE † not to be depended on; uncertain; unreliable; changeable; inconstant; capricious; fickle ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
UNDEPENDABLE - nouns, person
• BROKEN STICK somebody or something unreliable, undependable, or inadequate ...1946 Amer. dial.
UNDER - adverbs
• ANUNDER beneath, under (of actual position) ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• UNDERLINGS under ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMER more under ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDER - prepositions
• ABLOW under, below ...1894 Sc.
• ANUNDER under, underneath ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNDERAGE - nouns, person
• SAN QUENTIN JAIL-BAIT a girl under the legal age for copulation even with consent ...M20 US sl.
• SAN QUENTIN QUAIL an underage girl; a girl under the legal age for copulation even with consent ...M20 US sl.
UNDERBRUSH - nouns
• FILTH underbrush, weeds, unwanted vegetation ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• GADWOOD underwood as distinguished from timber trees ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HACKING the underbrush ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HARE TANGLE a place where underbrush, weeds, vines, and small trees grow together so that it's nearly impossible to get through ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TANGLEFOOT a place where underbrush, weeds, vines, and small trees grow together so that it's nearly impossible to get through ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UNDER-BRUSHINGS underwood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERGARMENTS - see UNDERWEAR
UNDERGO - verbs
• COP to experience, to undergo; to receive ...M19 sl.
• UNDERGANG to undergo, to endure ...1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNDERGOING - nouns
• UNDERGANGING the act of undergoing or enduring; anything endured ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERGROUND - adjectives
• CATACHTHONIAN underground, subterranean ...1888
• CATACHTHONIC underground, subterranean ...1884
• SUB-TERRA * subterranean; below the surface of the earth, underground ...1841
• SUBTERRANE * subterranean; below the surface of the earth, underground ...1614
• SUBTERRANEAL † underground ...1592
• SUBTERRANEOUS * below the surface of the earth; underground ...1607
• SUBTERRANY †* subterranean; underground ...1626
• SUBTERRENE subterranean; underground ...1610
• SUBTERRENEAN †* subterranean, underground ...1670
• SUBTERRESTRIAL * 1. subterranean, underground ...1613
† 2. of animate things: living or working underground ...1615
UNDERGROUND - nouns
• SUBTERRANE * an underground cave, chamber, or dwelling ...1774
• SUBTERRANEAN an underground cave, chamber, or dwelling ...1797
• SUBTERRANEITY †* the condition of being subterranean; a place or thing found underground ...1686
• SUBTERRANITY † the condition of being subterranean; a place or thing found underground ...1646 obs. or rare
• SUBTERRENE an underground dwelling, etc. ...1854
• SUBTERRESTRIAL a creature living underground ...1800
UNDERGROUND - nouns, person
• GROUNDHOG a person who customarily works underground, esp. a miner or caisson worker ...1903 Amer. sl.
UNDERGROWN - adjectives
• UNDERGROUND undergrown, short, dumpy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERGROWN - nouns, person
• NACKET a small, undergrown, neat person ...1808 Sc.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - adjectives
• BACKANAHAN untrustworthy, underhanded ...1996 Belize
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BACK-HANDED underhanded, deceitful ...1893 Eng. dial.
• BALD-HEADED deliberately deceptive, underhand ...L19 US Black sl.
• CHICKEN underhanded, sneaky; thoughtless or inconsiderate ...20C Amer. sl.
• CLANCULARIOUS † private, secret; unknown; clandestine, underhand ...1656
• HANKY-SPANKY underhanded ...B1900 Amer.
• HIDLINGS hidden, secret, underhand, clandestine ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HOOKY-CROOKY an underhand act or practice ...1830
• LEER † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand ...1629
• LEFT-HANDED † characterized by underhand dealings ...1694
• LERE † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand ...1629
• ORGANIZED acquired illicitly, by underhand methods ...1920s sl., orig. military
• SHNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• SINISTROUS † underhand; dishonest; corrupt ...1600
• SINISTRUOUS †* dishonest, doing wrong; underhand ...1582-8 Sc.
• SNEAKY underhanded or secretive ...1833
• SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand; mean; nasty, esp. in an insinuating way ...1859 UK
• SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• TRICKSY inclined to swindle or cheat; deceitful, underhanded ...1766
• UNDER-CREEPING underhand, sly, sneaking ...1863 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNDERNEAN deceitful, treacherous, underhand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - nouns
• ANKY-PRANKY trickery, underhand dealing, shuffling ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BACK-HANDER an underhand comment ...M19 sl.
• BACKSPANG an underhand trick, esp. a retreat from a bargain ...1892 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BONNET a thing or person used to put a good face on underhand proceedings ...E19 arch. sl.
• BOUT-GATE a roundabout way; an underhand means; a deceitful course ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAL an underhand or secret transaction; a trade of questionable legality; a mutually beneficial commercial or political arrangement ...1881 US sl.
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
• FUNNIES deceitful or underhand practices ...L19 sl.
• FUNNY BUSINESS deceitful or underhand practices ...1891 sl.
• FUNNY STUFF deceitful or underhand practices ...L19 sl.
• FUNNY WORK deceitful or underhand practices ...L19 sl.
• HANKY-PANKY jugglery, legerdemain; trickery, double dealing, underhand dealing; dishonest or corrupt activity; deceit ...1841 sl.
• HENKY-PENKY trickery, underhand dealing, shuffling ...1886 Eng. dial.
• LOW ROAD a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible
• MAFFLE concealment, underhand work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLEMENT concealment, underhand work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY BUSINESS foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1883 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY CAPERS monkey business ...1846 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY PLAY foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1953 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY WORK mischievous or underhanded activity, monkey business ...1898 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER IN THE BARREL (derogatory) an underhand concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER IN THE FENCE (derogatory) an underhand or concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious ...1847 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (derogatory) an underhand or concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious ...1846 Amer. dial.
• PACK † a private or clandestine arrangement, pact, or compact; a secret or underhand design agreed upon by two or more persons; a plot, conspiracy, intrigue ...1571
• PUT-UP JOB something pre-arranged in an underhanded way ...1838 Brit. sl.
• QUAINTISE † cunning, craft, underhand dealing ...a1300
• SMART STUFF tricky, underhanded activity ...1940s US Black sl.
• STROKE an underhanded trick ...1970 Brit. sl.
• UNDER-CREEPING slyness, underhand ways ...1893 Eng. dial.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - nouns, person
• BONNET a person used to put a good face on underhand proceedings ...E19 arch. sl.
• RAT-FACE a sly, underhanded person ...20C Amer. sl.
• SCODGY a mean, underhand fellow; a suspicious-looking person ...1824 Sc.
• SNAKE IN THE GRASS a term of contempt; a sneaky, despised, underhanded person; a lurking danger ...17C colloq.
• WASP a person stinging and under-handed ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - verbs
• BRIGUE to intrigue; to solicit by underhand means ...Sc.
• CHISEL to obtain by begging or underhanded means ...1927 Amer. sl.
• CHIZZLE to obtain by begging or underhanded means ...1927 Amer. sl.
• GAME OFF to act deceitfully, to manipulate; to get an advantage over someone by underhand means ...1960s sl., orig. US
• GAME ON to act deceitfully, to manipulate; to get an advantage over someone by underhand means ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HONEY-FUGGLE to dupe, deceive, cheat, swindle; to act in an underhand manner in order to deceive ...1829 Amer. dial.
• OIL 1. to cheat; to act in an underhand way; to obtain unfairly; to evade ...L19 sl.
2. to move quietly, stealthily, or in an underhand, surreptitious manner ...1920s sl.
• PACK † to enter into a private arrangement; to agree in a secret or underhand design; to plot, to conspire, to scheme, to intrigue ...a1529
• PACK OR PEEL WITH A PERSON to trade unfairly, to have unlawful or underhand dealings with him ...1757 Sc.
• SCHLENTER to obtain by underhand means ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SKELM to do something in an underhand way ...20C S. Afr. criminals' sl.
UNDERHAND - phrases
• WE HAD ONE BUT THE WHEEL CAME OFF used to indicate that the speaker has not understood the subject of a conversation ...1910s
UNDERHANDEDLY - adverbs
• BEHIND HAND in secret, in an underhand way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SINISTROUSLY corruptly; by underhand means ...1817
• UNDER THE WIND secretly, by underhand means ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-THUMB secretly; in an underhand manner ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNDERLING - nouns, person
• MUNCHKIN a child; a small person; a dwarf; an underling ...1950s sl.
• STOOGE any despised underling or subordinate ...1910s sl., orig. US
UNDERMINE - verbs
• QUEER A PITCH to spoil a situation or a circumstance; to undermine someone's efforts ...1875 UK sl.
• SPIKE to harm, to undermine ...L19 sl.
• UNDER-GRUB to undermine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMIND to undermine ...1788 Amer. dial.
UNDERMINED - adjectives
• YDOLVE † undermined; buried ...1340
UNDERNEATH - adjectives
• SUBDITITIOUS †* placed underneath ...1657
• UNDERNEAN underneath ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNDERNEATH - adverbs
• UNDERNEAN underneath ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNDERNEATH - prepositions
• ANUNDER under, underneath ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDERNEAN underneath ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNDERNEATH - nouns
• SUBTERPOSITION * a placing below, position underneath ...1833
UNDERNEATH - verbs
• SUBTERPOSE * to place underneath ...1894
UNDERPRIVILEGED - adjectives
• UNDERLY underprivileged ...1991 Amer. dial.
UNDERSIZED - adjectives
• ACAMY diminutive, undersized, infirm ...1845 Sc.
• DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• TEUNY weak, sickly, undersized ...1887 Eng. dial.
• UNDERHANDED short, undersized, poorly developed ...1856 Eng. dial.
UNDERSIZED - nouns, person
• JACK SPRAT an undersized man or boy; a dwarf; a very small man ...c1570
• MANNIE an undersized or little man; a term of contempt; a term of endearment for a small boy ...L17 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NESTOR an undersized boy ...Bk1902 Winchester College usage
• ALL ABROAD uncertain, at a loss ...1821 Eng.SL.
• ALL IN THE WIND adj. wavering, uncertain ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ANCIPITOUS † doubtful, uncertain; ambiguous ...1652
• BRICKLE changeable, uncertain; fickle, not trustworthy ...1872 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CASUAL † subject to chance or accident; frail, uncertain, precarious ...1529
• CATCHING in an uncertain or precarious state ...c1611
• CAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• CHANCY doubtful, uncertain ...1903 Amer. dial.
• DACKER hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
• DARK doubtful, uncertain; unknown ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEBATEFUL † of things: controversial, contentious, uncertain, questionable ...1587
• DICKY of things, conditions, etc.: uncertain, doubtful, critical, hazardous; rickety, shaky, tottering ...1851
• DODGY uncertain or unreliable; tricky ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• DOUTOUS † doubtful; of uncertain existence, meaning, or issue ...c1330
• DUBEROUS dubious, doubtful, uncertain, suspicious ... 1818 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DUBITABLE doubtful, uncertain; open to doubt or question; capable of being doubted ...1624
• DUBITATIVE inclined or given to doubt; expressing doubt or hesitancy; doubting, uncertain ...1727
• EYVY-KEYVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FANKLED uncertain ...1932 Sc.
• HAVEY-CAVEY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY-CEAVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEIGHVY-KEIGHVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEIVY-KEIVY uncertain, doubtful, wavering, hesitating ...1874 Eng. dial.
• IZEY-TIZEY uncertain, wavering, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KAIDLIN not firm, uncertain of step or motion; not in health ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LUBRIC † slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error ...1631
• MISDOUBTFUL dubious, uncertain ...1927 Amer. dial.
• NINNY-NONNY foolish, weak-minded, childish; uncertain, of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• ODDLING trifling, uncertain, dallying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF NOR ON neither one thing nor another; uncertain, vacillating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPINABLE † that is a matter of opinion; not certain, disputable, conjectural ...1456
• OPINATIVE † expressing opinion; conjectural, not certain ...1588
• OPINIONABLE †* that is a matter of opinion, disputable, uncertain; ...1615-20
• OPINIONATE † based on opinion, or held in the way of opinion; conjectural, uncertain; supposed, fancied ...1553
• QUAVERY-MAVERY * in an uncertain or precarious condition; undecided, and hesitating how to decide ...1809
• QUEASY † of a matter: uncertain, hazardous ...1589
• SHADY uncertain, unreliable ...M19 sl., orig. university
• SLIDDERY † changing, uncertain, fleeting ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKLE † not to be depended on; uncertain; unreliable; changeable; inconstant; capricious; fickle ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• TIDDIE cross in temper; uncertain, crotchety; eccentric ...1899 Sc.
• TITUBANT * uncertain, doubting, hesitating, wavering ...1880
• UNBRANGLED †* not shaken or made uncertain ...1671 Sc.
• UNCERT †* uncertain ...1543 Sc.
• UNCERTAINED † uncertain, doubting ...1470
• VACILLANT uncertain, hesitating, wavering ...1521
• WISHY-WASHY weak; uncertain ...1703 UK sl.
• WOBBLY uncertain, undecided; risky ...1884 UK sl.
UNCERTAIN, UNCERTAINTY - nouns
• BALANCE † 1. subjective uncertainty; hesitation, wavering, doubt ...1297
† 2. objective uncertainty or suspense; risk, hazard ...1330
• DACKER † uncertainty, a state of suspense or hesitation; also used of unsettled weather; a lull ...1808 Sc.
• FOG a state of mental uncertainty or obscurity
• IZEY-TIZEY uncertainty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JEOPARDY † an even chance; an undecided state of affairs; uncertainty; chance ...c1374
• LUCKY DIP an undertaking of uncertain outcome ...colloq.
• MANK a moment's uncertainty, a hesitation; a pother, a fuss, a to-do ...1808 Sc.
• QUANDARY a dilemma; a state of extreme uncertainty ...M16 sl.
• TICKLENESS † insecurity, instability; critical situation, precariousness; inconstancy; uncertainty ...c1390
• UNCERTAINNESS * uncertainty ...1601
• VACILLANCY * vacillation ...1668
• VARIATION † uncertainty, doubt ...1471
UNCERTAIN, UNCERTAINTY - verbs
• BE AT A VARY † to be at a loss; to feel uncertain ...1766 Sc.
• EAT THE CALF IN THE COW'S BELLY to rely on something that is uncertain ...1748 sl.
• HANG IN THE WIND to subsist on uncertainty, to await events ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• INDUBITATE †* to render doubtful or uncertain; to call in question ...1646
• ODDLE to go about in an uncertain or useless way; to trifle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STAND UPON A HAIR to be within a very little, to be 'touch and go' with ...1898 Sc.
• STRING ALONG to keep a person waiting or in a state of uncertainty ...colloq.
• UM AND AH to hesitate, to be uncertain ...2000 UK sl.
• VARY † to be uncertain, to hesitate ...c1477
• WAFFLE to waver, to be uncertain, undecided, or hesitant; to vacillate ...1819 Sc.& N. Eng. dial.
UNCHANGEABLE - adjectives
• IMPERMUTABLE † unchangeable ...1528
UNCHANGED - adjectives
• IMMUTATE * unchanged ...1788
• IMMUTE †* unchanged ...1639
UNCHANGED - nouns
• SAME-OLD an unchanged condition ...2000 UK sl.
UNCHANGING - adjectives
• BRANDED IN THE HIDE uncompromising in principle; dyed-in-the-wool ...1965 Amer. dial.
UNCHARACTERISTIC - adjectives
• MALIHINI strange, uncharacteristic ...Hawaii
UNCHASTE - adjectives
• BAWDY pert. to or fitting a bawd; lewd, obscene, unchaste; chiefly applied to language ...1513
• LOOSE-TAILED † of bad character; wanton; unchaste; wanting in self-restraint ...1598
• STUPROUS †* unchaste, sexually compliant; given to adultery or whoredom, adulterous, whorish ...1603
UNCHASTE - nouns, person
• HARLOT 1. (derogatory) a promiscuous woman; an unchaste woman, a prostitute, a strumpet ...1432
† 2. an unchaste man or woman ...1563
• JAY an unchaste or loose woman ...1598
• KITTOCK a familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character; a wanton, an unchaste woman; a mistress, a concubine ...c1470 Sc.
• LADY OF EASY VIRTUE an unchaste woman ...1785 euphemism
• LIMMER an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MARIAN † an unchaste or loose woman ...1567
• OPEN-TAIL †* a light, indelicate, or unchaste woman ...a1618
• RANNELL † a hussy, a jade; an impudent girl or woman; an unchaste or lewd woman ...1573
• SINNER an unchaste woman ...a1400
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• YAUD † a strumpet; a whore; an unchaste or loose woman ...a1400
UNCHASTISED - adjectives
• UNCHASTIED † unchastised ...c1340
UNCHASTITY - nouns
• BAWDRY † unchastity, fornication ...1460
UNCHRISTENED - adjectives
• UNCHRISOM * unchristened ...1831
• UNKERSTENED unchristened ,,,1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNCHRISTIAN - adjectives
• UNCHRISTEN † unchristian ...c1000
• UNCHRISTENLIKE † unchristianlike ...1570
UNCHRISTIANLY - adverbs
• UNCHRISTENLY † unchristianly ...1535
UNCIRCUMCISED - adjectives
• UNCIRCUMCIDED † uncircumcised ...1382
• UNCIRCUMCIS † uncircumcised ...c1250
• UNSLICED uncircumcised ...1970s US homosexual sl.
UNCIRCUMCISED - nouns, person
• SKIN BOY an uncircumcised male ...1999 NZ sl.
UNCIRCUMCISED - verbs
• SKIN THE LIVE RABBIT to fold back the foreskin of an uncircumcised penis ...20C colloq.
UNCIVIL - adjectives
• IMMORIGEROUS † unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude ...1623
• INDISCREET † uncivil, rude ...1727 Sc.
• UNBAIN † unfriendly, disagreeable; uncivil ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
UNCIVILIZED - adjectives
• BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized ...c1400
• NEGEROUS † barbarous, uncivilized ...1609
• SAVAGED †* savage, barbarous, uncivilized; also, rendered savage or cruel ...1611
UNCIVILIZED - nouns
• SAVAGISM the condition of being wild or uncivilized; the savage state of human society ...1796
UNCIVILLY - adverbs
• INDISCREETLY † uncivilly, rudely ...1650 Sc.
UNCLAIMED - nouns
• WAITH † n. that which is stray and unclaimed; flotsam and jetsam; a wandering, a straying ...1838 Sc.
UNCLE - nouns
• PATRUITY * the relationship of an uncle ...1844
UNCLE - nouns, person
• AJUSI an uncle ...1972 Hawaii
• AULD-UNCLE the uncle of one's father or mother ...Bk1898 Sc.
• EAM † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; a gossip ...1681 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EAME † uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• EEM † uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• EME † an uncle ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EMM † uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• EYME uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother's brother only, later applied also to a father's brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend ...1721 Sc.
• MALE AUNT an uncle ...1821
• NEME † uncle ...c1450
• NUNKY † an uncle; also, a familiar term of address to an elderly man ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OLD UNCLE a great-uncle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PAPPY a grandfather; occasionally, a great-uncle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TONTON an uncle, used as a title or term of address ...1969 French Canadian
• UNC an uncle, esp. as a term of address ...1946 Aust. sl.
• UNCLE-IN-LAW the husband of one's aunt ...1561
• UNK uncle ...20C sl.
• UNKIE uncle ...20C sl.
UNCLE - verbs
• AVUNCULIZE * to act like an uncle ...1662
• UNCLIFY to make an uncle of ...1799
UNCLEAN - adjectives
• IMMUND * unclean, impure; filthy, foul ...1621
• SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
UNCLEANLINESS, UNCLEANNESS - nouns
• IMMUNDICITY † uncleanness, impurity; filthiness ...1530
• IMMUNDITY * uncleanness, filthiness, impurity ...1870
• MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything ...1879
UNCLEANSED - adjectives
• IMMUNDIFIED †* uncleansed ...1597
UNCLEAR - adjectives
• DUSTY unclear; unable to predict the future ...1970s US Black sl.
UNCLOTHE - verbs
• NUDATE †* to make bare or naked, to strip, to unclothe ...1688
• UNCLEAD † to unclothe, to undress ...a1300
UNCLOTHED - adjectives
• ADAMITIC †* naked, unclothed ...1662
• ADAMITICAL †* naked, unclothed ...1666
• NAKED AS MY NAIL, AS † quite naked; nude; as unclothed as a fingernail ...1559
• UNDOFFED unclothed, undressed, naked ...c1440
UNCLOTHED - nouns, person
• ADAMITE an imitator of Adam in his nakedness; an unclothed man ...1628
UNCOMBED - adjectives
• UNKAIMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKAMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKEMBED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKEMMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Eng. dial.
UNCOMELY - adjectives
• DEDECOROUS † disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest ...1727
• ILL-FAVORITED †* ill-favoured; having a bad or unpleasing appearance, aspect, or features, ill-looking, uncomely ...1579
• ILL-SHAKEN-UP uncomely, ungraceful, disordered in dress ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MALGRACIOUS †* ill-favoured, uncomely; ungracious, disobliging ...1390
• UNBORELY † uncomely, inelegant ...a1400
• UNBURLY † uncomely, inelegant ...a1400
• UNBUXOM † uncomely ...B1900
UNCOMELY - nouns, person
• DABBERLOCKS a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLACK a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLICK a tall, uncomely person; commonly a term of disrespect ...Bk1900 Eng. dial. Sc.
• GAABRIL a big, uncomely person of an ill-natured disposition ...1866 Sc.
• GOOSE AMONG SWANS, A an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned ...1738
• JABB a big, lean, uncomely person ...1866 Sc.
UNCOMFORTABLE - adjectives
• ICKY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1929 Amer. dial.
• ISHY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MISEASY † miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable ...c1290
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• QUEERISH not well in health, rather uncomfortable ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNFEEL uncomfortable, unpleasant; coarse, rough ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
UNCOMFORTABLE - nouns
• SALT-SELLER LIFE an uncomfortable existence ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNCOMFORTABLE - verbs
• FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED MONKEY to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED WITCH to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1909 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S TIT IN A TIGHT CRACK to find oneself in an awkward and uncomfortable position, whether physical or emotional ...c1920 Can. sl.
UNCOMFORTABLE - phrases
• BETWEEN HAWK AND BUZZARD in a difficult or uncomfortable position ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS between seasons of plenty, hence, in a difficult or uncomfortable position ...1939 Amer. dial.
• I DON'T LIKE THIS MOVIE this is unpleasant or boring; I am not happy or comfortable ...1960s US sl.
UNCOMMON - adjectives
• GAYSON † scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon ...1377
• GEASON † scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon ...1377
UNCOMMON - nouns
• DEW-LICKER anything very surprising or out of the common ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MASER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MAZER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
UNCOMMONLY - adverbs
• AUDACIOUS exceedingly, uncommonly, very ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UNCOTH very, uncommonly ...1895 Eng. dial.
UNCOMMUNICATIVE - nouns, person
• OLD OYSTER a term of address, esp. to a reserved, uncommunicative person ...c1890 sl.
UNCOMPLIMENTARY - nouns
• BLACK WORD a very uncomplimentary remark ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a severe reprimand; a verbal attack; a very uncomplimentary remark; a sharp scolding ...1874 Amer. dial.
UNCOMPLIMENTARY - verbs
• BLAST to scold, to slander, to attack verbally; to say uncomplimentary things about somebody ...1957 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON to say uncomplimentary things about someone ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAKE OVER to scold; to say uncomplimentary things about somebody ...1965 Amer. dial.
UNCOMPROMISING - adjectives
• BRANDED IN THE HIDE uncompromising in principle; dyed-in-the-wool ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FLAT-FOOTED downright and uncompromising ... Brit. colloq.
• HARD-NOSED stubborn, uncompromising ...1927 US sl.
• ROCK-RIBBED resolute, uncompromising, esp. in political allegiance
• TAKE-NO-PRISONERS uncompromising ..1980s sl.
UNCOMPROMISING - nouns, person
• HARD JOHN a tough, uncompromising person ...1961 US sl.
UNCONCEALED - adjectives
• BAREFACED unconcealed, undisguised, open ...1605 arch.
• EBER † manifest, unconcealed ...a975
UNCONCERN - nouns
• SANS SOUCI unconcern ...1797
• SANS-SOUCI-ISM unconcern ...1837
UNCONCERN - verbs
• LET THE WORLD WAG to regard the course of events with unconcern ...a1529
• LET THE WORLD WAG AS IT WILL to regard the course of events with unconcern ...1611
UNCONCERN - phrases
• NOT A BOTHER ON SOMEONE expressing unconcern or contentment ...1996 Irish sl.
UNCONCERNED - adjectives
• LACKADAISICAL dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic ...M18
• LACKADAISY dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic ...L18
• LAID-BACK relaxed or easygoing; unconcerned; unhurried; casual ...1969 US colloq.
• MATTERLESS indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested ...1760 Eng. dial.
• NOT GIVE A CENT unconcerned ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOT GIVE A CUSS unconcerned ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOT GIVE A DARN unconcerned ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SANS SOUCI unconcerned ...1797
UNCONCERNED - verbs
• WALK COOL to act in an unconcerned, relaxed manner, esp. in the face of problems or menaces ...1960s US Black sl.
UNCONDITIONALLY - adverbs
• BARELY † without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340
UNCONFORMABLE - adjectives
• UNAGREEABLE † unconformable or unsuitable to; inconsistent or incongruous with ...1550
UNCONGENIAL - adjectives
• UNAGREEABLE * not agreeable or pleasing; not to one's liking or taste; disagreeable, uncongenial ...c1374
UNCONSCIOUS - adjectives
• AWAY mad; unconscious; dead ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BETWEEN THE TWO WORLDS almost unconscious ...1893 Eng. dial.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead ...1913 Amer. sl.
• DEAD unconscious, senseless ...1887 Amer. dial.
• DEADO deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD-OH deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus ...1899 sl.
• OUT LIKE A LIGHT unconscious ...1934 sl.
• OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• SPARK OUT unconscious ...1936 sl.
• UNDER unconscious due to anaesthesia ...20C sl.
• UN-FUCKING-CONSCIOUS totally unconscious ...20C US sl.
• WHITE-EYED unconscious ...1979 Amer. dial.
UNCONSCIOUS - nouns, person
• COLD MEAT one who has been knocked unconscious ...1910s sl.
UNCONSCIOUS - verbs
• CHILL to render someone unconscious, either in the boxing ring or elsewhere ...20C US criminals' sl.
• CONK OUT to become unconscious ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL-COCK to knock unconscious ...1930s US sl.
• COOL-CRACK to knock unconscious ...1940s US Black sl.
• DOVER to cause to doze or be unconscious ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FLAKE OUT to become unconscious ...1942 sl.
• KNOCK COLD to knock unconscious ...M19 sl.
• KNOCK CUCKOO to knock out; to make unconscious; hence, to dazzle an audience ...1927 US sl.
• KNOCK DEAD to knock unconscious ...M19 sl.
• KNOCK DIZZY to knock unconscious ...1935 US sl.
• KNOCK KOO-KOO to render unconscious; to mortally wound; to kill ...Amer. World War I sl.
• KNOCK SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious ...1982 Amer. sl.
• PUNCH SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PUT SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT to knock someone unconscious ...1866 Amer. sl.
• WHITE-EYE to knock unconscious ...1991 Amer. dial.
• ZOMBIE OFF to lose consciousness ...1940s sl.
• ZONE to lose consciousness or concentration ...1970s sl.
• ZONE OUT to lose consciousness or concentration ...1970s sl.
• ZONK to die; to lose consciousness, esp. from alcohol or drugs ...1970s US sl.
• ZONK OUT to die; to lose consciousness, esp. from alcohol or drugs ...1970s US sl.
UNCONSCIOUSNESS - nouns
• SHUT-EYE unconsciousness; an act or instance of losing consciousness for any reason ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
UNCONSENTING - adjectives
• UNBETEAMING † unconsenting ...1642
UNCONSTRAINED - adjectives
• LARGED †* enlarged, unconstrained, slack ...1382
• UNASTRAINED † unconstrained ...c1375
• UNCOACTED not compelled or constrained ...1545
• UNCOGIBLE † incapable of being constrained, unrestrainable ...1646
• UNNED † unconstrained ...c1200
UNCONTROLLABLE - adjectives
• BRONCHO wild, uncontrollable ...1887
• RANK wild, uncontrollable, mischievous, cunning ...1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
UNCONTROLLED - adjectives
• LIBERTINE unrestrained, uncontrolled ...arch.
• MADBRAIN † mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1592
• MAD-BRAINED hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1577
• MAD-HEADED mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1567
• OFF ONE'S KNOCKER mad, insane, uncontrolled ...1900s Aust. sl.
• RAMMISH † of persons or animals: headstrong, impetuous, rash, uncontrolled, wanton ...1607 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDOM impulsive, uncontrolled, flighty, careless ...1880 Eng. dial.
• ROGUE uncontrolled, undisciplined, irresponsible ...M20
UNCONTROLLED - adverbs
• LIKE A HALF-SLED IN A SNOWSTORM in an uncontrolled or unmanageable manner ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A HALF-SLED ON ICE in an uncontrolled or unmanageable manner ...1873 Amer. dial.
UNCONVENTIONAL - adjectives
• BOHO unconventional, bohemian ...1958 US sl.
• FAR OUT unconventional, avant-garde ...1960 sl.
• HARD-CASE eccentric, unconventional ...1971 NZ sl.
• OFFBEAT differing from the usual or expected; unconventional ...1925
• OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange ...1960 Amer. sl.
• OFF-TRAIL unconventional, out of the ordinary ...1950s US sl.
• WAY OUT unconventional, avant-garde ...1959 sl.
UNCONVENTIONAL - nouns, person
• BOHO a Bohemian, in the sense of an unconventional person ...1958 US sl.
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OFF-BRAND n. an unconventional or strange person ...1967 US sl.
• QUARE HAWK someone who is unconventional in some way; an odd person ...1989 Ireland sl.
UNCONVENTIONALLY - adverbs
• OFF THE WALL spontaneously, unconventionally ...1970s US sl.
UNCONVINCED - adjectives
• UNSAYED unconvinced; unsubdued ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNCONVINCING - adjectives
• FAR-FET † of an argument, notion, etc: studiously sought out; not easily or natural introduced; strained; far-fetched, unlikely and unconvincing ...1533
• FAR-FETCH † far-fetched; unlikely and unconvincing ...1603
UNCOOL - adjectives
• BRADY not cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUNK uncool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COB not cool; stupid ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DAGGY conservative and lacking style and sophistication in manners, interests, etc.; uncool; unfashionable in dress ...20C Aust. sl.
• GAY not cool, totally stupid ...20C teen & high school sl.
UNCOOL - adverbs
• DAGGILY in an unfashionable or uncool manner ...1972 Aust. sl.
UNCOOL - nouns, person
• DAG a person who is dull and conservative; a person who has no sense of fashion; an uncool or unhip person ...1966 Aust. sl.
UNCOOPERATIVE - adjectives
• CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY moody and uncooperative ...1862 sl., now chiefly US
UNCOOPERATIVE - nouns, person
• BADASS a tough, aggressive or uncooperative person; a troublemaker ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BOLSHIE an uncooperative person ...1940 Brit. sl.
• BOLSHY an uncooperative person ...1940 Brit. sl.
UNCOOPERATIVE - verbs
• COP A TUDE to act in an uncooperative or angry manner ...1980s US college sl.
UNCOORDINATED - adjectives
• CALFY uncoordinated ...M16 sl.
• GOOFY uncoordinated, inept ...1910s sl.
• OBZOCKY lacking grace and coordination ...1956 Trinidad & Tobago
• UNCO awkward; clumsy; uncoordinated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNTOGETHER applied to someone who is poorly coordinated or not in control of their faculties ...1969
UNCOORDINATED - nouns, person
• UNCO an uncoordinated person or object ...1990s Aust. teen sl.
UNCORRUPTED - adjectives
• UNACCURSED pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNACCURST pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
UNCOUNTABLE - adjectives
• UNACCOUNTABLE † incalculable; uncountable ...1690
UNCOUPLE - verbs
• DECOUPLE †* to uncouple ...1602
UNCOURTEOUS - adjectives
• INDEPENDENT uncourteous, unobliging ...BK1902 Eng. dial.
UNCOUTH - adjectives
• AVERN uncouth in person, dress, and manners ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• BORN AND RAISED IN A SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BORN IN A CAVE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A LOG CABIN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A PIGSTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A SAWMILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A TENT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN A TREE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE BACKHOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON A RAFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BORN YESTERDAY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A CELLAR lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A HEN COOP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A HOGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A PIGSTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A ROWBOAT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A SAW-MILL badly brought up; uncouth, boorish ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A SLUM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN A WOODSHED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP LIKE AN ANIMAL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROUGHT UP ON THE RIVER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COME OUT OF THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DRAGGED UP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DRAGGED UP IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DROPPED FROM THE HAYLOFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ELSH raw, uncouth ...1829 Eng. dial.
• FAR BACK backward as regards progress, education, etc.; ignorant, uncouth ...1950 Sc.
• FED AT A TROUGH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM DEAKE'S ISLAND lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM PODUNK lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM SWAMPOODLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GABY ill-mannered, uncouth ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GAWBY foolish, idiotic; ill-mannered, uncouth ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GRADUATED FROM A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREW UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREW UP IN THE WOODS BEHIND THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAD NO HOME TRAINING lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAGARIAN oafish, uncouth, rough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• HALF-RAISED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JAKEY countrified, old-fashioned, uncouth ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LANDWARD having country manner, rustic; awkward, uncouth ...1725 Sc.
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• OUT OF THE MARSH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PICKED UP UNDER A BUSH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PICKED UP UNDER A ROCK lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PULLED UP BY THE EARS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAGABASH rough, uncouth, beggarly; good-for-nothing ...1818 Sc.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAISED AMONG ANIMALS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED AND NOT REARED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED A PERFECT OUTLAW lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BACKWOODS ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BARN ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1908 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BARNYARD ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A BUNKHOUSE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A CAVE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A CHICKEN COOP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A CHICKEN HOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A COW PEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A DUMP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A HOGPEN ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A MILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN AN ALLEY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A PIGPEN ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A PIGSTY ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A SALOON lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A SAWMILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A STABLE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A STY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN A ZOO lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN BACK OF THE FIELD lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE BOONDOCKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE HILLS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE LOT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE MOUNTAINS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE NEW GROUND lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE PINEY WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE REFORMATORY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE STONE AGE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE WILDERNESS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED IN THE YARD lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED LIKE TOPSY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON A FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON A HILLSIDE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON A RAFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON MECHANIC STREET lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE HILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE STREET lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED OUT IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP ALONE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP IN A SHIT HOUSE ill-mannered, boorish, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED UP WITH THE HOGS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WITH THE CHICKENS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WITH THE NAVAJOS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WITH THE PIGS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISED WRONG lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAMBASKIOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBASKISH uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMSTAGEOUS rough, coarse, uncouth ...1811 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAW AS ROPES doltish, gauche, uncouth ...1880 Sc.
• REARED IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REARED IN A HOGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REARED IN A SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REARED IN A SHANTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT OFF THE FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SALTY unpleasant, uncouth, crude; of language: obscene ...1920s US teen sl.
• SNATCHED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TACKEY uncouth, ill-mannered; impolite in behaviour ...1916 Amer. sl.
• TACKY uncouth, ill-mannered; impolite in behaviour ...1916 Amer. sl.
• UGLY huge; uncouth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
UNCOUTH - nouns, person
• ACORN-CRACKER a rustic, a yokel, a country jake; an uncouth rural person ...1905 Amer. sl.
• ANIMAL a sexually aggressive male, or an extremely uncouth male ...M20 US sl.
• BABOON an ugly or uncouth person; a stupid person; an inferior person; an oaf, a jerk; also, a term of abuse ...c1500
• BEAR a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person ...1751
• BIG STIFF an uncouth person who is self-opinionated ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABBRACH a big, uncouth, greedy person; a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABROCH a person of disagreeable temper and manners; a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAFONE an uncouth person, a lowlife ...Italian
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CUB an awkward, silly, uncouth, uncultured, or unpoised youth ...c1600
• GALLOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, or otherwise objectionable; an awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GALOON an awkward or uncouth person; often used affectionately ...19C sl., orig. US
• GALOOSH an awkward or uncouth person; often used affectionately ...19C sl., orig. US
• GALOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, worthless or otherwise objectionable; a big, awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GANFER an unwieldy, uncouth person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOM an uncouth person, esp. when applied to an Afrikaner ...1970 S. Afr.
• GOMTOR an uncouth person, esp. when applied to an Afrikaner ...1970 S. Afr.
• GRULCH a small, stocky person, usually somewhat uncouth and less then amicable ...20C Irish
• HABBLE a lout, a coarse or uncouth person; one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• HALLACKS a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HOB-GOB a fool, an idiot; an awkward, uncouth person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JAKE (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person; a lout; an oaf; a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECK a stupid person; a fool; a blockhead; an uncouth person ...1919 Amer. dial.
• LUMMOX an uncouth boy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN BOOMER one from the outlying districts; an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PEASANT someone considered ignorant, stupid, or awkward; an uncouth or uncultured person ...1943 colloq.
• RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RIDGE RUNNER a rustic, esp. a mountaineer; an uncouth, stupid fellow; a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ROUDY an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROUGH-NECK an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROWDY an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person ...1904 Sc.
• SHITEPOKE a mean, contemptible, or uncouth person ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SIWASH an uncouth ruffian ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SKATE a disreputable White male, from a working-class background, whose behaviour is uncouth, hedonistic, and irresponsible ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• STIFF an uncouth person who is self-opinionated ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TUG a dirty, uncouth, repellent person ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• YARD DOG an unsophisticated, uncouth person ...1973 US sl.
• YAWNAX a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
• YAWNUP a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
• YAWNUPS a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
• YAWNUX a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor ...1870 Eng. dial.
UNCOUTHNESS - nouns
• FEATNESS † oddness, strangeness, uncouthness ...1730
UNCOVER - verbs
• ABARE † to make bare, to uncover, to disclose ...1731
• TIRL to uncover by rolling back the covering; to strip a person naked; to unroof a building ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRR to strip a person naked; to uncover; to unroof a house, etc. ...1553 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCASE to uncover, to lay bare, to expose to view or observation ...1587
• UNHAP to uncover, to make naked ...1899 Eng. dial.
• UNHEAL to strip, to uncover, to unroof ...1891 Eng. dial.
UNCOVERED - adjectives
• DECOVERED † uncovered ...1658
• THACKLESS uncovered; hatless ...1804 Sc.
• UNLEPPED † uncovered ...a1225
UNCULTIVATED - adjectives
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• SAVAGE † 1. uncultivated, wild ...c1330
† 2. of a plant or tree: wild, uncultivated ...1422
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
UNCULTIVATED - nouns
• BARBARY † uncultivated speech as opposed to a classical language or classic diction ...1509
UNCULTIVATED - nouns, person
• GOOSE AMONG SWANS, A an uncomely or ill-favoured person in the midst of beautiful ones; an uncultivated person among the cultivated; an ignorant person among the learned ...1738
• HASPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HESPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACKPINE FARMER a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1973 Amer. dial.
• JACKPINE SAVAGE a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated ...1957 Amer. dial.
• QUASHIBA a foolish, uncultivated woman ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• ROUGH NECK a quarrelsome or uncultivated person ...1836 sl., orig. US
UNCULTURED - adjectives
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PEEZALTREE inferior; uncultured; unsatisfactory ...1953 Amer. dial.
• STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne'er-do-well ...1833 Aust. sl.
UNCULTURED - nouns, person
• CARTER a rude, uncultured man; a clown; common in the 16th century ...1509
• CUB an awkward, silly, uncouth, uncultured, or unpoised youth ...c1600
• PEASANT someone considered ignorant, stupid, or awkward; an uncouth or uncultured person ...1943 colloq.
• YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine ...1726 UK
UNCURBED - adjectives
• UNCRUBEET uncurbed, unrestrained; uncropped, untrimmed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNCUT - adjectives
• UNBARBED unmown, uncut ...1612 poetic
UNDAMAGED - adjectives
• O.K. well, safe; unharmed; undamaged ...1839 colloq.
• OKAY well, safe; unharmed; undamaged ...1839 colloq.
• UNBRAIDED † untarnished, undamaged ...1611
UNDAUNTED - adjectives
• HALE-HEARTED with unbroken spirit, undaunted, unmoved, unaffected ...1875 Sc.
• IMPAVID * fearless, undaunted ...1857
• UNABASED † undaunted ...a1400
UNDECEIVE - verbs
• UNBEGUILE to undeceive ...1601
UNDECIDED - adjectives
• AVOIRDUPOIS undecided; in doubt, wavering in one's mind ...1875 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH reluctant, undecided ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETWEEN TWO MINDS in doubt or suspense; undecided ...1862 Ireland & Sc.
• DACKER hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
• DEAD-SWEER undecided ...1721 Sc.
• DILLY-DALLY undecided, shilly-shally ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUBLE-MINDED wavering or undecided in mind ...1545
• HAFFLING hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLY hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAIFTY-KAIFTY wavering, undecided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAUFISH reluctant, undecided ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAVERDEPAISE undecided; in doubt, wavering in one's mind ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HAWVISH undecided, indefinite ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEFTY-KEFTY wavering, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY fussy, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IFFING-AND-OFFING in a state of indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-ANDING hesitating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-OFFING in a state of indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IZEY-TIZEY uncertain, wavering, undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MEEDLESS undecided, unable to make up one's mind; heedless, without thought or plan ...1703 Eng. dial.
• QUAVERY-MAVERY * in an uncertain or precarious condition; undecided, and hesitating how to decide ...1809
• TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety ...1875 Eng. dial.
• UNABSOLVED † unsettled, undecided ...1721
• WAFFLING indecisive, hesitating, vacillating, shilly-shallying ...1847 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• WAFFLY hesitating, undecided, vacillating; weak ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHIFFLE-MINDED fickle; vacillating, undecided ...1844 Amer. dial.
• WOBBLY uncertain, undecided; risky ...1884 UK sl.
• YEA-NAY wavering, undecided; feeble in character ...1902 Eng. dial.
UNDECIDED - nouns
• JEOPARDY † an even chance; an undecided state of affairs; uncertainty; chance ...c1374
UNDECIDED - nouns, person
• FICKLE JOHNNY CROW one who does not know his own mind ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• SANNOCK a fanciful, dainty person; one who is slow and undecided, or namby-pamby ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE-BAGS one who hesitates or vacillates; a weak, undecided person ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLER a weak, indecisive, vacillating person; one who hesitates; a ditherer; a laggard ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLES one who hesitates or vacillates; a trifling, undecided person; a loafer, an idle sauntering person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
UNDECIDED - verbs
• BELBEVAR to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BE ON THE BALANCE to hesitate, to be undecided ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DICKER AROUND to waste time in indecision ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAFFLE AND CAFFLE to shilly-shally ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-CAFFLE to falter, to vacillate, to act with indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG IN THE WIND to be or remain in dubious suspense; to be doubtful, undecided; to be irresolute, to vacillate ...1555
• HIFFLE-HAFFLE to be undecided ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to hesitate; to be undecided; to waver in determination ...1350 Eng. dial.
• NIGNAY to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance ...1880 Sc.
• WAFFLE to waver, to be uncertain, undecided, or hesitant; to vacillate ...1819 Sc.& N. Eng. dial.
UNDECLARED - adjectives
• UNAWNED † unmanifested, undeclared ...c1200
UNDEFENSIBLE - adjectives
• UNFACEABLE. undefensible, unreasonable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDEFILED - adjectives
• IMPOLLUTE † unpolluted, undefiled ...1382
• IMPOLLUTED † unpolluted, undefiled ...1548
• UNACCURSED pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNACCURST pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNDEETED undefiled ...1859 Eng. dial.
• UNDIGHTED undefiled ...1859 Eng. dial.
UNDEFILED - nouns
• IMPOLLUTION †* the state of being unpolluted or undefiled ...1611
UNDEMANDING - adjectives
• CANDY of a job, crime, or other activity: easy, undemanding, 'soft' ...1930s US sl.
UNDENIABLY - adverbs
• UNAGAINSAYABLY †* undeniably ...c1449
UNDEPENDABLE - adjectives
• NO-ACCOUNT worthless; useless; good-for-nothing; insignificant; undependable, untrustworthy, criminal ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SHIFTY undependable, untrustworthy, dishonest, evasive ...1884 Amer. dial.
• TEPTIOUS snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE † not to be depended on; uncertain; unreliable; changeable; inconstant; capricious; fickle ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
UNDEPENDABLE - nouns, person
• BROKEN STICK somebody or something unreliable, undependable, or inadequate ...1946 Amer. dial.
UNDER - adverbs
• ANUNDER beneath, under (of actual position) ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• UNDERLINGS under ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMER more under ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDER - prepositions
• ABLOW under, below ...1894 Sc.
• ANUNDER under, underneath ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNDERAGE - nouns, person
• SAN QUENTIN JAIL-BAIT a girl under the legal age for copulation even with consent ...M20 US sl.
• SAN QUENTIN QUAIL an underage girl; a girl under the legal age for copulation even with consent ...M20 US sl.
UNDERBRUSH - nouns
• FILTH underbrush, weeds, unwanted vegetation ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• GADWOOD underwood as distinguished from timber trees ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HACKING the underbrush ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HARE TANGLE a place where underbrush, weeds, vines, and small trees grow together so that it's nearly impossible to get through ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TANGLEFOOT a place where underbrush, weeds, vines, and small trees grow together so that it's nearly impossible to get through ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UNDER-BRUSHINGS underwood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERGARMENTS - see UNDERWEAR
UNDERGO - verbs
• COP to experience, to undergo; to receive ...M19 sl.
• UNDERGANG to undergo, to endure ...1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNDERGOING - nouns
• UNDERGANGING the act of undergoing or enduring; anything endured ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERGROUND - adjectives
• CATACHTHONIAN underground, subterranean ...1888
• CATACHTHONIC underground, subterranean ...1884
• SUB-TERRA * subterranean; below the surface of the earth, underground ...1841
• SUBTERRANE * subterranean; below the surface of the earth, underground ...1614
• SUBTERRANEAL † underground ...1592
• SUBTERRANEOUS * below the surface of the earth; underground ...1607
• SUBTERRANY †* subterranean; underground ...1626
• SUBTERRENE subterranean; underground ...1610
• SUBTERRENEAN †* subterranean, underground ...1670
• SUBTERRESTRIAL * 1. subterranean, underground ...1613
† 2. of animate things: living or working underground ...1615
UNDERGROUND - nouns
• SUBTERRANE * an underground cave, chamber, or dwelling ...1774
• SUBTERRANEAN an underground cave, chamber, or dwelling ...1797
• SUBTERRANEITY †* the condition of being subterranean; a place or thing found underground ...1686
• SUBTERRANITY † the condition of being subterranean; a place or thing found underground ...1646 obs. or rare
• SUBTERRENE an underground dwelling, etc. ...1854
• SUBTERRESTRIAL a creature living underground ...1800
UNDERGROUND - nouns, person
• GROUNDHOG a person who customarily works underground, esp. a miner or caisson worker ...1903 Amer. sl.
UNDERGROWN - adjectives
• UNDERGROUND undergrown, short, dumpy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERGROWN - nouns, person
• NACKET a small, undergrown, neat person ...1808 Sc.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - adjectives
• BACKANAHAN untrustworthy, underhanded ...1996 Belize
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BACK-HANDED underhanded, deceitful ...1893 Eng. dial.
• BALD-HEADED deliberately deceptive, underhand ...L19 US Black sl.
• CHICKEN underhanded, sneaky; thoughtless or inconsiderate ...20C Amer. sl.
• CLANCULARIOUS † private, secret; unknown; clandestine, underhand ...1656
• HANKY-SPANKY underhanded ...B1900 Amer.
• HIDLINGS hidden, secret, underhand, clandestine ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HOOKY-CROOKY an underhand act or practice ...1830
• LEER † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand ...1629
• LEFT-HANDED † characterized by underhand dealings ...1694
• LERE † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand ...1629
• ORGANIZED acquired illicitly, by underhand methods ...1920s sl., orig. military
• SHNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• SINISTROUS † underhand; dishonest; corrupt ...1600
• SINISTRUOUS †* dishonest, doing wrong; underhand ...1582-8 Sc.
• SNEAKY underhanded or secretive ...1833
• SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand; mean; nasty, esp. in an insinuating way ...1859 UK
• SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• TRICKSY inclined to swindle or cheat; deceitful, underhanded ...1766
• UNDER-CREEPING underhand, sly, sneaking ...1863 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNDERNEAN deceitful, treacherous, underhand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - nouns
• ANKY-PRANKY trickery, underhand dealing, shuffling ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BACK-HANDER an underhand comment ...M19 sl.
• BACKSPANG an underhand trick, esp. a retreat from a bargain ...1892 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BONNET a thing or person used to put a good face on underhand proceedings ...E19 arch. sl.
• BOUT-GATE a roundabout way; an underhand means; a deceitful course ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAL an underhand or secret transaction; a trade of questionable legality; a mutually beneficial commercial or political arrangement ...1881 US sl.
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
• FUNNIES deceitful or underhand practices ...L19 sl.
• FUNNY BUSINESS deceitful or underhand practices ...1891 sl.
• FUNNY STUFF deceitful or underhand practices ...L19 sl.
• FUNNY WORK deceitful or underhand practices ...L19 sl.
• HANKY-PANKY jugglery, legerdemain; trickery, double dealing, underhand dealing; dishonest or corrupt activity; deceit ...1841 sl.
• HENKY-PENKY trickery, underhand dealing, shuffling ...1886 Eng. dial.
• LOW ROAD a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible
• MAFFLE concealment, underhand work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLEMENT concealment, underhand work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY BUSINESS foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1883 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY CAPERS monkey business ...1846 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY PLAY foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1953 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY WORK mischievous or underhanded activity, monkey business ...1898 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER IN THE BARREL (derogatory) an underhand concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER IN THE FENCE (derogatory) an underhand or concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious ...1847 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (derogatory) an underhand or concealed fact, factor, or motive; something suspicious ...1846 Amer. dial.
• PACK † a private or clandestine arrangement, pact, or compact; a secret or underhand design agreed upon by two or more persons; a plot, conspiracy, intrigue ...1571
• PUT-UP JOB something pre-arranged in an underhanded way ...1838 Brit. sl.
• QUAINTISE † cunning, craft, underhand dealing ...a1300
• SMART STUFF tricky, underhanded activity ...1940s US Black sl.
• STROKE an underhanded trick ...1970 Brit. sl.
• UNDER-CREEPING slyness, underhand ways ...1893 Eng. dial.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - nouns, person
• BONNET a person used to put a good face on underhand proceedings ...E19 arch. sl.
• RAT-FACE a sly, underhanded person ...20C Amer. sl.
• SCODGY a mean, underhand fellow; a suspicious-looking person ...1824 Sc.
• SNAKE IN THE GRASS a term of contempt; a sneaky, despised, underhanded person; a lurking danger ...17C colloq.
• WASP a person stinging and under-handed ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
UNDERHAND, UNDERHANDED - verbs
• BRIGUE to intrigue; to solicit by underhand means ...Sc.
• CHISEL to obtain by begging or underhanded means ...1927 Amer. sl.
• CHIZZLE to obtain by begging or underhanded means ...1927 Amer. sl.
• GAME OFF to act deceitfully, to manipulate; to get an advantage over someone by underhand means ...1960s sl., orig. US
• GAME ON to act deceitfully, to manipulate; to get an advantage over someone by underhand means ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HONEY-FUGGLE to dupe, deceive, cheat, swindle; to act in an underhand manner in order to deceive ...1829 Amer. dial.
• OIL 1. to cheat; to act in an underhand way; to obtain unfairly; to evade ...L19 sl.
2. to move quietly, stealthily, or in an underhand, surreptitious manner ...1920s sl.
• PACK † to enter into a private arrangement; to agree in a secret or underhand design; to plot, to conspire, to scheme, to intrigue ...a1529
• PACK OR PEEL WITH A PERSON to trade unfairly, to have unlawful or underhand dealings with him ...1757 Sc.
• SCHLENTER to obtain by underhand means ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SKELM to do something in an underhand way ...20C S. Afr. criminals' sl.
UNDERHAND - phrases
• WE HAD ONE BUT THE WHEEL CAME OFF used to indicate that the speaker has not understood the subject of a conversation ...1910s
UNDERHANDEDLY - adverbs
• BEHIND HAND in secret, in an underhand way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SINISTROUSLY corruptly; by underhand means ...1817
• UNDER THE WIND secretly, by underhand means ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-THUMB secretly; in an underhand manner ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNDERLING - nouns, person
• MUNCHKIN a child; a small person; a dwarf; an underling ...1950s sl.
• STOOGE any despised underling or subordinate ...1910s sl., orig. US
UNDERMINE - verbs
• QUEER A PITCH to spoil a situation or a circumstance; to undermine someone's efforts ...1875 UK sl.
• SPIKE to harm, to undermine ...L19 sl.
• UNDER-GRUB to undermine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMIND to undermine ...1788 Amer. dial.
UNDERMINED - adjectives
• YDOLVE † undermined; buried ...1340
UNDERNEATH - adjectives
• SUBDITITIOUS †* placed underneath ...1657
• UNDERNEAN underneath ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNDERNEATH - adverbs
• UNDERNEAN underneath ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNDERNEATH - prepositions
• ANUNDER under, underneath ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDERNEAN underneath ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNDERNEATH - nouns
• SUBTERPOSITION * a placing below, position underneath ...1833
UNDERNEATH - verbs
• SUBTERPOSE * to place underneath ...1894
UNDERPRIVILEGED - adjectives
• UNDERLY underprivileged ...1991 Amer. dial.
UNDERSIZED - adjectives
• ACAMY diminutive, undersized, infirm ...1845 Sc.
• DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• TEUNY weak, sickly, undersized ...1887 Eng. dial.
• UNDERHANDED short, undersized, poorly developed ...1856 Eng. dial.
UNDERSIZED - nouns, person
• JACK SPRAT an undersized man or boy; a dwarf; a very small man ...c1570
• MANNIE an undersized or little man; a term of contempt; a term of endearment for a small boy ...L17 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NESTOR an undersized boy ...Bk1902 Winchester College usage