BOORISH
Dictionary entry overview: What does boorish mean? • BOORISH (adjective)
The adjective BOORISH has 1 sense:
1. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Familiarity information: BOORISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOORISH (adjective)
Meaning:
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Synonyms:
boorish; loutish; neanderthal; oafish; swinish; neandertal
Context examples:
was boorish and insensitive / the loutish manners of a bully / her stupid oafish husband / aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
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