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boorish

boo·rish

UK/ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/ US/ˈbʊrɪʃ/ rare

adjective

1.

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

  • “was boorish and insensitive”
  • “the loutish manners of a bully”
  • “her stupid oafish husband”
  • “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”

Origin

From boor + -ish.

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