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laddish

laddish

8.9
Being loud and rude, often in groups of young men
  • adjective
  • /ˈlædɪʃ/
  • UK
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  • His laddish behavior at the party made some guests feel uncomfortable around him.

And they were just, I can take sort of laddish, you know, comments, but some of them are really graphic and really disgusting.

Examples

  • The group of friends laughed loudly and told laddish jokes while waiting for their food.

  • I don't think we push any like any line of being like too laddish in our humor.

  • JD's bar is an impressive sort of uptown-downtown establishment with pretty girls serving a laddish clientele.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • They always engage in laddish banter when they gather for a night out.

Synonyms

rough-and-tumble
vsladdish
  • Informal
3 7.3

Energetic and rough, not following usual rules

emphasizes rude, crude male group behaviour rather than mere rough play
loutish
vsladdish
  • Offensive
1 8.3

Being rude with loud, rough manners

is noisier, more energetic and group focused than rude alone
larrikin
vsladdish
  • Australian
9.9

Behaving in a noisy, cheeky way that ignores rules

is more rude and crude rather than playful or cheeky

Antonyms

polite
329 1.0

Showing good manners and respect to other people

reserved
3.7

Not willing to show feelings or talk much

How Laddish

loutish
  • Offensive
1 8.3
laddish
  • UK
8.9
boisterous
18 4.7
noisy
125 1.0
cheeky
  • Informal
33 4.8

Surface Forms

laddish positive

Morphology

laddish = lad (transparent) = lad + ish

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ish' to 'lad', yielding 'characteristic of or like a lad', which matches the sense.

Etymology

The word laddish comes from the simple word lad, meaning 'young man', plus the ending -ish, meaning 'like'. So laddish originally meant 'like a lad' and is used for noisy, rough, or rude behaviour often seen in groups of young men.