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boor·ish

boorish

 
 
pronunciation:
bo rihsh
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part of speech: 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
derivations: boorishly (adv.), boorishness (n.)
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