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- pronunciation:
- bo
rihsh
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
of or resembling a boor; rude; ill-mannered; crude.
The host's boorish table manners shocked the guests.She'd had enough of the boorish jokes of her boyfriend and his buddies.- synonyms:
- barbaric, churlish, coarse, crude, rude, vulgar
- antonyms:
- couth
- similar words:
- beastly, brutish, crass, ill-mannered, savage, tactless, uncivilized
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| related words: |
barbarian, barbarous, clumsy, discourteous, gross, raw, rude, uncouth, vulgar |
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| derivations: |
boorishly (adv.), boorishness (n.) |
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