Antonyms for boorishness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : boor-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊər ɪʃ |
- appreciation
- artfulness
- carefulness
- caution
- cleverness
- consideration
- continency
- convenience
- courtesy
- decency
- delicacy
- dexterity
- ease
- easiness
- elegance
- fear
- good
- good manners
- goodness
- grace
- gratitude
- handiness
- humility
- kindness
- manners
- meekness
- modesty
- morality
- niceness
- politeness
- purity
- refinement
- respect
- shyness
- skill
- sophistication
- straightforwardness
- timidity
- uprightness
- virtue
Definition of boorishness
Origin :- 1560s, from boor (n.) + -ish. Related: Boorishly; boorishness.
- As in awkwardness : noun clumsiness; inelegance
- As in bad manners : noun improper behavior
- As in barbarity : noun crudity, savagery
- As in ingratitude : noun ungratefulness
- As in lewdness : noun indecency
- As in rudeness : noun impoliteness
- As in coarseness : noun rudeness, vulgarity
- She looked up, so happily, that I began to reproach myself for my boorishness.
- Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson
- The boorishness of New York is now what impresses the British tourist.
- Extract from : « Scribner's Magazine, Volume 26, July 1899 » by Various
- Yet shall I find Sir Percival and make him pay for the boorishness of his page.
- Extract from : « In the Court of King Arthur » by Samuel Lowe
- We should have boorishness accounted manliness, and impudence wit.
- Extract from : « The Potiphar Papers » by George William Curtis
- To accuse him of ignorance or boorishness would have been absurd.
- Extract from : « The Magnificent Adventure » by Emerson Hough
- I quite forgave his boorishness when he said he was glad to lose his wager.
- Extract from : « Toppleton's Client » by John Kendrick Bangs
- I knew my boorishness was responsible for this, and resolved to leave her.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII » by Various
- If, in spite of your boorishness, she sets you free, what will you do?
- Extract from : « The Strong Arm » by Robert Barr
- To sever oneself from such converse is to induce selfishness, boorishness (veneered or un-veneered), and inhumanity.
- Extract from : « Nature Mysticism » by J. Edward Mercer
- She has never seen aught but boorishness all her life, and any departure therefrom seems to her unnatural.
- Extract from : « A Reputed Changeling » by Charlotte M. Yonge
Synonyms for boorishness
- acrimony
- amateurishness
- artlessness
- asperity
- audacity
- bad manners
- barbarity
- bawdiness
- bluntness
- boldness
- boorishness
- brass
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- carnality
- cheek
- cloddishness
- coarseness
- concupiscence
- corruptness
- crassness
- crudeness
- crudity
- cruelty
- debauchery
- depravity
- dirtiness
- discourtesy
- disdain
- disloyalty
- disrespect
- dissoluteness
- earthiness
- effrontery
- eroticism
- erotism
- evil
- evilness
- fleshliness
- gawkiness
- gracelessness
- greenness
- grossness
- harshness
- ignorance
- impertinence
- impoliteness
- impudence
- impurity
- inability
- incivility
- incompetence
- inconsiderateness
- inconsideration
- incontinence
- incontinency
- indelicacy
- ineptitude
- ineptness
- inexpertness
- inhumanity
- insolence
- intrusiveness
- irritability
- lasciviousness
- lecherousness
- lechery
- libidinousness
- licentiousness
- lubricity
- lustfulness
- maladroitness
- misbehavior
- nerve
- oafishness
- obscenity
- offensiveness
- officiousness
- pederasty
- poor taste
- pornography
- prurience
- pruriency
- raunchiness
- rawness
- ribaldry
- roughness
- rudeness
- ruthlessness
- ruttishness
- salaciousness
- salacity
- satyriasis
- savageness
- scurrility
- shamelessness
- sharpness
- smut
- smuttiness
- tactlessness
- thanklessness
- thoughtlessness
- unchastity
- uncoordination
- uncouthness
- unevenness
- ungainliness
- ungraciousness
- unkindness
- unmannerliness
- unrefinement
- unskillfulness
- unthankfulness
- viciousness
- vileness
- villainy
- voluptuousness
- vulgarity
- wantonness
- wickedness
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