BOORISH

boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish

(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

boorish (comparative more boorish, superlative most boorish)

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

Synonyms: rude, uncultured

Source: Wiktionary


Boor"ish, a.

Definition: Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.

– Boor"ish*ly, adv.

– Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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