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couth
adjective
UKhumorousuk /kuːθ/ us /kuːθ/
(of a person or their behaviour) polite and with a pleasant appearance（人或举止）文雅的;有礼貌的
Note:
This word is used humorously as the opposite of uncouth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Polite and respectful
candy coat
candy-coated
chivalric
chivalrous
chivalrously
courtly
deferential
deferentially
euphemism for someone/something
euphemistic
hyper-civilized
keep a civil tongue in your headidiom
manner
minced oath
mind/watch your mannersidiom
tactful
tactfully
ultra-civilized
ultra-refined
urbane
Examples of couth
couth
We forgot the barked cautions of our mothers and fathers, all the promises we'd made to be civilized and ladylike, couth and kempt.
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After they have gotten to know the story well, students pair up to tease out the meaning of words like lycanthropic, couth and kempt.
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