boorish

[boor-ish] / ˈbʊər ɪʃ /

ADJECTIVE

crude, awkward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barbaric churlish coarse impolite rude tasteless uncivilized vulgar

WEAK

bad-mannered bearish cantankerous cloddish clodhopping clownish clumsy countrified gross gruff ill-bred ill-mannered inurbane loud loutish lowbred oafish ornery out of line out-of-order provincial rough rustic swinish ugly uncouth uncultured uneducated ungracious unpoised unpolished unrefined

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delicate gentle kind mannerly nice pleasant polished polite refined smooth sophisticated

WEAK

charming cultured

Example Sentences

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As the sensitive, flute-playing heir of the boorish, beer-swilling Frederick William I, the young prince had scant interest in soldiering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

They uncovered Reddit posts, some from more than a decade ago, revealing a boorish man trading in proto-manospheric thought.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Minister for Sport Anika Wells called the comments "boorish, boring and wrong".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Such gags are rare, except of course in trials of boorish mobsters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024

He didn’t want to think about Rosamund—or about the boorish husband she’d left him for.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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