Goth — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈændsəlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈɒθ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈɒθ/

1 syllable Say it as /hˈændsəlɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tyke boor barbarian peasant tike churl

Word Forms

barbarian

adjective

without civilizing influences; ; ; ; -Margaret Meade

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Gothic

eine grobe, unhöfliche, schlecht erzogene Person, der es an Kultur oder Vornehmheit mangelt

🇪🇸Spanish

godo

una persona grosera, grosera y mal educada que carece de cultura o refinamiento

🇮🇹Italian

gotico

una persona rozza e maleducata, priva di cultura o raffinatezza

🇳🇱Dutch

gothic

een ruwe, ongemanierde, slecht opgevoede persoon zonder cultuur of verfijning

🇵🇹Portuguese

gótico

uma pessoa rude, rude e mal-educada, sem cultura ou refinamento

🇷🇺Russian

гот

грубый, неотесанный, невоспитанный человек, лишенный культуры и утонченности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वहशी

एक कच्चा, गंवार और ख़राब नस्ल का व्यक्ति जिसमें संस्कृति या परिष्कार का अभाव है

🇧🇩Bengali

গথ

সংস্কৃতি বা পরিমার্জনার অভাব একটি অশোধিত অকথ্য অসুস্থ বংশোদ্ভূত ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

கோத்

கலாச்சாரம் அல்லது சுத்திகரிப்பு இல்லாத ஒரு முரட்டுத்தனமான அநாகரீகமான தவறான வளர்ப்பு நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

గోత్

సంస్కృతి లేదా శుద్ధీకరణ లేని క్రూరమైన అసహ్యమైన చెడు-పెంపకం లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

गॉथ

संस्कृती किंवा परिष्कृततेचा अभाव असलेली एक क्रूड बेफिकीर आजारी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગોથ

સંસ્કૃતિ અથવા સંસ્કારિતાનો અભાવ ધરાવતી અસંસ્કારી અસંસ્કારી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೋಥ್

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆಯ ಕೊರತೆಯಿರುವ ಒರಟಾದ ಅಸಹ್ಯವಾದ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ತಳಿಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗോത്ത്

സംസ്‌കാരമോ പരിഷ്‌കരണമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത, മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത, മോശമായി വളർത്തപ്പെട്ട വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੋਥ

ਇੱਕ ਕੱਚਾ ਬੇਵਕੂਫ ਬੁਰਾ ਨਸਲ ਵਾਲਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਧਾਰ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

گوتھ

ایک خام غیر اخلاقی بیمار شخص جس میں ثقافت یا تطہیر کا فقدان ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

哥特

粗鲁无教养、缺乏教养、缺乏教养的人

🇯🇵Japanese

ゴス

文化や洗練に欠けた粗野で粗野な育ちの悪い人

🇰🇷Korean

야만인

교양이나 세련미가 결여된 조잡하고 사악하고 못 자란 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người Goth

một người thô lỗ thô lỗ thiếu văn hóa hoặc sự tinh tế

🇹🇭Thai

ชาวเยอรมัน

คนเลวทรามหยาบคายขาดวัฒนธรรมหรือความประณีต

🇮🇩Indonesian

gotik

orang yang kasar, tidak sopan, dan tidak memiliki budaya atau kehalusan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القوطي

شخص فظ وفظ وسيء التربية ويفتقر إلى الثقافة أو الصقل

🇮🇷Persian

گوت

یک فرد بداخلاق و بی ادب که فاقد فرهنگ یا ظرافت است

🇹🇷Turkish

gotik

kültürden veya incelikten yoksun, kaba, kaba, kötü yetiştirilmiş kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

גוֹתִי

אדם גס וגס רוח חסר תרבות או עידון

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