adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a lout (troublemaker or bumpkin).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
loutish
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlaʊtɪʃ/
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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: boorish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English lout Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English loutish From lout + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: груб (grub) — resembling a lout
- Bulgarian: недодялан (nedodjalan) — resembling a lout
- German: rüpelhaft — resembling a lout
- Greek: αλανιάρικος (alaniárikos) — resembling a lout
- Irish: gamalach — resembling a lout
- Māori: tūhourangi — resembling a lout
- Polish: prostacki — resembling a lout
- Polish: nieokrzesany — resembling a lout
- Polish: chamski — resembling a lout
- Scottish Gaelic: gràisgeil — resembling a lout
- Serbo-Croatian: mangupski — resembling a lout
- Serbo-Croatian: nasilan — resembling a lout
- Serbo-Croatian: huliganski — resembling a lout