LOUTISH

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

loutish

Resembling a lout.

Synonyms

• yobbish

• hoonish

Source: Wiktionary


Lout"ish, a.

Definition: Clownish; rude; awkward. "Loutish clown." Sir P. Sidney.

– Lout"ish*ly, adv.

– Lout"*ish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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