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Antonyms for boorish
Grammar : Adj |
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊər ɪʃ |
Definition of boorish
Origin :- 1560s, from boor (n.) + -ish. Related: Boorishly; boorishness.
- adj crude, awkward
- I repeat, it was an occasion when it would have been boorish in me to refuse to meet them halfway.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- This was why you were so—so boorish and disagreeable in that shop.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- But the hour comes when they turn from their boorish company to higher things.
- Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
- In other words, there are some people who would be boorish under any circumstances.
- Extract from : « The Book of Business Etiquette » by Nella Henney
- I regret to say that so far he is as rough and boorish as ever.
- Extract from : « The Ocean Cat's Paw » by George Manville Fenn
- A Portuguese who had saved a man's life, Evan, would he have been so boorish?
- Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
- He could not have behaved like a boorish ruffian to an adversary in the death agony.
- Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
- The wife of Judge Hahn forbade him the house on account of his boorish answers.
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- Schopenhauer was jealous, uncontrolled in his moods, and boorish in his manners.
- Extract from : « Schopenhauer » by Margrieta Beer
- The boorish manners of the father offended the finer spirit of the son.
- Extract from : « The Story of Mankind » by Hendrik Van Loon
Synonyms for boorish
- bad-mannered
- barbaric
- bearish
- cantankerous
- churlish
- cloddish
- clodhopping
- clownish
- clumsy
- coarse
- countrified
- gross
- gruff
- ill-bred
- ill-mannered
- impolite
- inurbane
- loud
- loutish
- lowbred
- oafish
- ornery
- out-of-line
- out-of-order
- provincial
- rough
- rude
- rustic
- swinish
- tasteless
- ugly
- uncivilized
- uncouth
- uncultured
- uneducated
- ungracious
- unpoised
- unpolished
- unrefined
- vulgar
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