Boorish

Word BOORISH
Character 7
Hyphenation boor ish
Pronunciations /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Boorish"

What do we mean by boorish?

Resembling or characteristic of a boor; rude and clumsy in behavior. adjective

Resembling a boor; clownish; rustic; awkward in manners; illiterate.

Pertaining to or fit for a boor.

Synonyms Boorish, Churlish, Clownish, Loutish. He who is boorish is so low-bred in habits and ways as to be positively offensive. He who is churlish offends by his language and manners, they being such as would naturally be found in one who is coarse and selfish, and therefore generally insolent or crusty and rough; the opposite of kind and courteous: as, it is churlish to refuse to answer a civil question. The opposite of boorish is refined or polite; the opposite of clownish is elegant. Clownish is a somewhat weaker word than boorish, implying less that is disgusting in manner and speech; it often notes mere lack of refinement. The difference between clownish and loutish is that he who is clownish is generally stupid and sometimes ludicrous, while he who is loutish is perhaps slovenly and worthy of blame.

Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. adjective

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured. adjective

Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance adjective

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

A rude, ill-mannered individual. Urban Dictionary

Boorished is when your an absolute pimp magnet and have that juiciest ass on the Earth. The girth of the ass is so massive that it consumes all of the universe. And it is action of suffocation to your partner with the girth of your anus. Urban Dictionary

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The word "boorish" in example sentences

FDR was branded as a sick demented dictator, Truman was called a boorish drunk, Kennedy was a spineless commie dupe. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Mountains of northern Spain leave their poor country for a time for the richer provinces of Portugal and Spain, where they become porters, water-carriers and scavengers, and are known as boorish, but industrious and honest. ❋ Ellen Churchill Semple (1897)

If Americans acted this way, we'd be called boorish or jingoistic. [email protected] (PETER CALLAGHAN; STAF (2010)

Philadelphia fans are known as boorish and hate-filled, frequently vilified by columnists too lazy to come up with something other than an incident when fans threw snowballs at Santa. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What kind of boorish, tastless clods subscribe to this blog anyway??? ❋ Unknown (2008)

In fact, the Talmud describes the Zealots as biryonim, meaning "boorish" or "wild", and are condemned for their aggression, their unwillingness to compromise to save the survivors of besieged Jerusalem, and their blind-militarism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I mean, is it this cartoonish that -- that he could just come out and forget about the merits of the argument one way or the other and just attack the messenger in this kind of boorish a way? ❋ Unknown (2009)

If this is the best you have, then vote for the 'boorish' McCain, you ignorant slouch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Over the next seven decades, as pro sports increasingly became the city's remaining portal into the nation's consciousness, you could add the epithet "boorish" to "boring" -- there were snowballs at Santa Claus (sort of) and catcalls for just about anyone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This kind of boorish behaviour will only attract investigative efforts. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"And God knows I certainly wouldn't want to appear "boorish" with this crowd." ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

And God knows I certainly wouldn't want to appear "boorish" with this crowd. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

Perhaps my threshold for "boorish" is different than yours? ❋ Unknown (2007)

I guess I have a hard time understanding sensibilities so precious that they'd consider Webb's statement "boorish," without noticing anything objectionable about Bush's own interaction. ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

I found that I agreed with George Will's assessment of James Webb's behavior, although I think the Bush-Webb dustup has become a political Rorschach test, with Bush antagonists seeing Webb as a man who bravely refused to kiss the President's ring -- and most of the rest of us seeing a guy whom Will reasonably accurately described as "boorish" or merely calculating. ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

Andrew Jaspan is editor-in-chief of The Age, Australia's most Left-wing daily newspaper, and on ABC radio on Wednesday said how "boorish" and "coarse" Wood was at his press conference this week when he called his captors "a---holes". ❋ Unknown (2005)

BEVERLY HILLS-Forget "the strong silent type" Hollywood cowboy, says Jeff Bridges; he relished the idea of tackling the "boorish," hard-drinking, one-eyed loudmouth lawman Rooster Cogburn in the Coen brothers' ❋ Linda Barnard (2010)

And what would this kind of boorish exercise be without extended scenes mocking one man's intimate encounter with a transgender person?

Is "boorish" behavior, though reprehensible, reason for recall?

"I don't [wish] to listen to boorish children and their [sarcastic] [comments]." - RE Teacher ❋ KirtjE (2005)

[I just] Boorished this [virgin]. ❋ TappinDem (2021)

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