ADJECTIVE | all | boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish | ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance |
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Sounds | buh'rihsh | |
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Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... |
Meaning | ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. | |
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Example | "was boorish and insensitive" | |
Synonyms | loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish | |
Broader | unrefined | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined |
Spanish | basto, bestial, brutal, bruto, grosero, rudo, soez, tosco, zafio | |
Catalan | bast, groller, grosser, rude, tosc | |
Nouns | boorishness | the manner of a rude or insensitive person |
Adverbs | boorishly | like a boor, "he behaved boorishly at the party" |
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