Thesaurus / boorish
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Then a noisy, boorish and very large American family invades the beach.
OLIVIA COLMAN IS EXTRAORDINARY IN THE LOST DAUGHTER, MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL'S BOLD DIRECTORIAL DEBUTSTEPHANIE ZACHAREKSEPTEMBER 5, 2021TIMEAnyone would be upset, but nothing justified his overbearing and boorish behavior.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IIIYARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZJULY 21, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEA senior member of Russia's parliament called the remarks “boorish.”
ON THE NOVELTY OF CALLING A KILLER A KILLERPHILIP BUMPMARCH 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMy aunt is quite confident that you, whom she calls the "Pope of Etiquette," will set me straight and tell me that I'm being boorish.
MISS MANNERS: DECLINING HELP FROM THE UNMASKEDJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHave you come again to disturb me to no purpose, and to bring me some boorish fellow, as you did just now?
BROTHER JACQUES (NOVELS OF PAUL DE KOCK, VOLUME XVII)CHARLES PAUL DE KOCKMost young people think they are natural when they are only boorish and rude.
THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S CLASSICS, RESTRICTED TO PROSE, VOL. VII (OF X)--CONTINENTAL EUROPE IVARIOUSOnly vacant or boorish faces met her eyes; it was not a high-class crowd that had come to see the Two-headed Girl.
QUICKSILVER SUELAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDSBeginning by viewing the Colonel in sulky silence, he had answered his kinsman's overtures only by a rude stare or a boorish word.
THE WILD GEESESTANLEY JOHN WEYMANWe became particularly hot upon some boorish sneer of Drummle's, to the effect that we were too free with our money.
GREAT EXPECTATIONSCHARLES DICKENSI shall now to bed, dismissing all thoughts of a certain boorish individual from my mind.
FIBBLE, D. D.IRVIN SHREWSBURY COBBWORDS RELATED TO BOORISH
- awkward
- blundering
- boorish
- brash
- bungling
- clumsy
- crude
- discourteous
- gauche
- gruff
- harsh
- hasty
- impolite
- impolitic
- imprudent
- inconsiderate
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inept
- injudicious
- insensitive
- maladroit
- misunderstanding
- rash
- rough
- rude
- sharp
- stupid
- thoughtless
- uncivil
- unconsiderate
- undiplomatic
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unperceptive
- unpolished
- unsubtle
- unsympathetic
- untactful
- vulgar
- antisocial
- apathetic
- asocial
- blind
- boorish
- brash
- deaf
- discourteous
- egocentric
- hasty
- heedless
- hot-headed
- impolite
- inattentive
- incautious
- indelicate
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- insensitive
- listless
- madcap
- neglectful
- negligent
- primitive
- rash
- reckless
- rude
- self-centered
- selfish
- sharp
- short
- tactless
- uncaring
- unceremonious
- unconcerned
- undiplomatic
- ungracious
- unheeding
- unkind
- unmindful
- unrefined
- barbarian
- barbaric
- barbarous
- boorish
- brutish
- churlish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- discourteous
- disrespectful
- gross
- ill-bred
- impertinent
- impolite
- loutish
- mannerless
- outrageous
- philistine
- primitive
- rude
- rugged
- savage
- unconscionable
- uncontrolled
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uneducated
- ungodly
- unholy
- unmannered
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- vulgar
- wicked
- awkward
- barbaric
- boorish
- cheap
- clownish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- discourteous
- disgracious
- gawky
- graceless
- gross
- heavy-handed
- ill-bred
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- impolite
- inelegant
- loud
- loud-mouthed
- loutish
- oafish
- raunchy
- raw
- rough
- rude
- rustic
- strange
- tacky
- uncalled-for
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- ungainly
- ungenteel
- ungentlemanly
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unseemly
- vulgar
- awkward
- blundering
- boorish
- brash
- bungling
- clumsy
- crude
- discourteous
- gauche
- gruff
- harsh
- hasty
- impolite
- impolitic
- imprudent
- inconsiderate
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inept
- injudicious
- insensitive
- maladroit
- misunderstanding
- rash
- rough
- rude
- sharp
- stupid
- thoughtless
- uncivil
- unconsiderate
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unperceptive
- unpolished
- unpolitic
- unsubtle
- unsympathetic
- untactful
- vulgar
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