boorish (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *boorish*:
ADJECTIVE	all	boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish	ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

boorish > pronunciation
Sounds	buh'rihsh
Rhymes	abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...

English > *boorish*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
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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