| English Dictionary |
BOORISH
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does boorish mean?
• BOORISH (adjective)
The adjective BOORISH has 1 sense:
1. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Familiarity information: BOORISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Synonyms:
boorish; loutish; neandertal; neanderthal; oafish; swinish
Context example:
aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
Derivation:
boorishness (the manner of a rude or insensitive person)
Context examples
In short, I was not a favourite there with anybody, not even with myself; for those who did like me could not show it, and those who did not, showed it so plainly that I had a sensitive consciousness of always appearing constrained, boorish, and dull.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it." (Native American proverb, Crow)
"Don't delay today's work until tomorrow." (Arabic proverb)
"To make an elephant out of a mosquito." (Dutch proverb)