boorish
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˈbʊrɪʃ/
- Offensive
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- His boorish comments at the dinner table shocked all the guests.
That's a sign of being insecure or boorish or inattentive to others.
- That's a sign of being insecure or boorish or inattentive to others.
- That is a coarse and boorish piece of work only for the most uncouth natures.
- People in Malibu, and us anointed ones, can't really be anointed if such a boorish pig could ascend to the highest office.
- And so they, they would see the philosophers as being kind of, I don't know, boorish or, or, you know, particular or things like that.
Examples
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I've seen this type of rude and boorish behavior before.
Blog text (3) -
For Lisa to dismiss his boorish behavior so lightly is disappointing.
Blog text (24) -
The man was little more than a common criminal, and a boorish one at that.
Fiction book (1991) -
On all the other boorish behavior, well, Mr. X is well known for that kind of thing.
Blog text (4) -
The only excuse I can offer is that I've become boorish through living alone.
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Republicans practice such boorish behavior as if the world has not progressed since the 1950s.
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Don't be so boorish and uncouth.
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Inspector Serra, you've displayed a boorish lack of sensitivity... towards the American Ambassador.
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This year's team is the least disciplined, the least fundamentally sound squad we've seen in years, and his sideline antics are becoming boorish and embarrassing.
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A constant string of motel mayhem, barroom buffoonery, and generally boorish behavior devoured his attention.
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
594
1.0
Not polite or showing little respect for others
121
3.0
Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them
31
6.6
Very confident in a rude, loud way that annoys other people
21
2.3
Not showing good manners or respect to other people
18
6.5
Showing little concern for other people's feelings
11
9.7
Being rude and acting like you are better than other people
10
8.4
Not polite or well behaved in a rough way
9
6.0
Not polite and rude to other people
9
7.9
Someone who shows no respect by acting or speaking boldly
8
7.2
Rude or too bold toward someone, sometimes playful
7
9.6
Having a rude, arrogant attitude often used to describe a child
5
3.9
Rude and impolite in how someone talks or acts
5
8.5
Rude and unkind in a way that upsets people
4
5.5
Not polite to other people and showing little respect
4
6.7
Rude and not polite or kind
4
9.9
Rude and unkind in a way that annoys other people
3
8.1
Behaving in a rude, rough way without care for others
2
8.2
Clumsy and rude in the way someone moves or acts
1
8.3
Being rude with loud, rough manners
1
8.2
A person, often a child, who is rude and acts as if better than others
1
6.3
Not polite and often rude to others
1
9.1
Not polite or kind to other people
1
3.3
Not polite when you are with other people
1
9.9
Very rude and greedy in behavior, like a pig
1
8.5
Being rude and mean to other people
Showing bad manners that make others uncomfortable
Behaving rudely and roughly so other people feel uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Rude
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boorish comes from the old Dutch word boer, which means 'farmer' or 'peasant'. Think of a rough country person without city manners, so boorish came to mean 'rude' or 'uncultured'.