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BOORISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boorishness mean?
• BOORISHNESS (noun)
The noun BOORISHNESS has 2 senses:
1. the manner of a rude or insensitive person
2. inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
Familiarity information: BOORISHNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The manner of a rude or insensitive person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("boorishness" is a kind of...):
discourtesy; rudeness (a manner that is rude and insulting)
Derivation:
boorish (ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
boorishness; uncouthness
Hypernyms ("boorishness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
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