Antonyms for boorish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : boor-ish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊər ɪʃ

Definition of boorish

Origin : 1560s, from boor (n.) + -ish. Related: Boorishly; boorishness.

adj crude, awkward

Example sentences :

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

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