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How to pronounce boor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms barbarian, churl, goth, peasant, tike, tyke
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person

Examples of boor

boor
It is impossible for a man that narcassistic to be a great anything, except boor.
From the guardian.co.uk
The effect is that Lang is a soulful man of the world and Prokosch is a boor.
From the dispatch.com
Boor has said he made the gesture when he saw a trooper stop a car in April.
From the kansas.com
So Michael moved on from the cringe-making boor we met at the beginning of the series.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
End a sentence in a preposition, and there are still people who will think you a boor.
From the economist.com
It seems that Roethlisberger has attained a sort of legendary boor status in Pittsburgh.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
You could bump into the very person you need to meet or escape a boor in the nick of time.
From the sfgate.com
Instead, he's pretty much a surly, paranoid boor who never lets go of his baseball bat.
From the denverpost.com
Nor are they necessarily so superficial that they can only see him as a loud-mouthed boor.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Peasant: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
  • (The Boors) The Boors, also known as The Cantankerous Men (Venetian: I rusteghi), is a comedy by Carlo Goldoni. It was first performed at the San Luca theatre of Venice towards the end of the Carnival in 1760. It was published in 1762. ...
  • A peasant; A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent; A yokel, country bumpkin; An uncultured person
  • Borus A lower class of peasant, but above slave; term only recorded in counties outside the Danelaw.
  • A peasant of low standing. This term was on the way out, to be replaced by 'Villan'.