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boorish

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: boarish
  • CMU ARPABET: B UH1 R IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rude, uncultured

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English boor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English boorish From boor + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: buranský — behaving as a boor
  • Finnish: moukkamainen — behaving as a boor
  • French: grossier — behaving as a boor
  • German: ungehobelt — behaving as a boor
  • German: rüpelhaft — behaving as a boor
  • German: trampelig — behaving as a boor
  • German: ungeschickt — behaving as a boor
  • Greek: αγροίκος (agroíkos) — behaving as a boor
  • Hungarian: durva — behaving as a boor
  • Hungarian: faragatlan — behaving as a boor
  • Hungarian: otromba — behaving as a boor
  • Indonesian: kampungan — behaving as a boor
  • Irish: amhlánta — behaving as a boor
  • Irish: tútach — behaving as a boor
  • Italian: zotico — behaving as a boor
  • Italian: becero — behaving as a boor
  • Italian: grossolano — behaving as a boor
  • Italian: rozzo — behaving as a boor
  • Korean: 촌스러운 (chonseureoun) — behaving as a boor
  • Macedonian: груб (grub) — behaving as a boor
  • Māori: tūhourangi — behaving as a boor
  • Norwegian: ubehøvlet — behaving as a boor
  • Norwegian: tverr — behaving as a boor
  • Norwegian: trumpete — behaving as a boor
  • Polish: prostacki — behaving as a boor
  • Polish: chamski — behaving as a boor
  • Polish: gburowaty — behaving as a boor
  • Portuguese: caipira — behaving as a boor
  • Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — behaving as a boor
  • Russian: ха́мский (xámskij) — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: zafio — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: cafre — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: grosero — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: tosco — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: maleducado — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: bruto — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: bestia — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: patán — behaving as a boor
  • Spanish: borde — behaving as a boor
  • Turkish: kaba — behaving as a boor
  • Turkish: görgüsüz — behaving as a boor
  • Turkish: terbiyesiz — behaving as a boor