boorish - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From boor + -ish.

boorish (comparative more boorish, superlative most boorish)

  1. Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
    Synonyms: rude, uncultured
    • 1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, Arcade, published 1998, →ISBN, page 256:
      May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.
    • 2000 June 10, “Dr. Laura supports program that pays women $200 to be forever ...”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):
      I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it?
    • 2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents‎[1], archived from the original on 21 June 2025:
      The only real-world effect is that it makes these figures appear boorish and unprofessional to anyone outside the online slopulist echo chamber.

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