boorish
/ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/
boorish adjective: behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
Adjective
boorish (comparative more boorish, superlative most boorish)
- Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
- May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, Arcade, published 1998, →ISBN, page 256
- I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it?2000 June 10, “Dr. Laura supports program that pays women $200 to be forever ...”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet)
- Synonyms:
- rude, uncultured
boorish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
boorish in Hindi
- boorish, uncivilized, ill-mannered
- गँवार gãvār
boorish in Tamil
- பண்படா, நயமற்ற, பக்குவமற்ற, முரடான, பட்டிக்காட்டுத்தனமான
boorish in Urdu
- دہقانی, قصباتی
boorish in Bengali
- অসভ্য, চাষাড়ে
More languagesFewer languages
- boorish in Malayalam
- പരുക്കൻ മട്ടായ, വിലക്ഷണപ്രകൃതിയുള്ള, സംസ്കാരശൂന്യമായ, സംസ്കാരമില്ലാത്ത
- boorish in Indonesian
- kampungan
Examples of boorish in a sentence
- The boorish, antidemocratic fare seems unlikely to help him in the real world.
- He was misogynist, he was chauvinistic, he was boorish, he was violent.
- In person your SMC may be boorish, charming, self-absorbed, humorous, gentle, sloppy, or even sialoquent ("spraying saliva while talking").
Synonyms of boorish
Forms of boorish
| comparative | more boorish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most boorish |
Origin of boorish
From boor + -ish.
Words formed from boorish
Questions about boorish
- What does boorish mean?
- Boorish means behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
- What is boorish in Hindi?
- Boorish in Hindi is गँवार (gãvār). See Boorish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is boorish?
- Boorish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce boorish?
- Boorish is pronounced /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/.
Words near boorish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: boorish (page history and authors); गँवार (Hindi) (page history and authors); boorish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boorish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boorish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boorish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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