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How to pronounce boorish in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish
Derivation boorishness


was boorish and insensitive.

Examples of boorish

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Boorish boating behavior may not be any more common today than it has ever been.
From the chron.com
In February, nearly a million people demonstrated against his boorish behavior.
From the newsweek.com
His boorish behavior and poor personal hygiene are running jokes on the PGA Tour.
From the washingtontimes.com
Most readers already know boorish behavior in the corner suite doesn't cut it.
From the businessweek.com
Terry Jones never made good on his boorish threat to burn a copy of the Quran.
From the edition.cnn.com
He is a startlingly cultured man in what is sadly an often boorish profession.
From the economist.com
Excessive quiet is as bad, to me, as boorish loud tosspots for ruining an evening.
From the guardian.co.uk
Resolve to call the trolls on boorish comments, in person and on the Internet.
From the thenewstribune.com
Busch has had multiple opportunities to revert to his sometimes boorish ways.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
More examples
  • Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
  • (boorishly) like a boor, "he behaved boorishly at the party"
  • (boorishness) the manner of a rude or insensitive person
  • (boorishness) inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
  • Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured
  • (boorishness) rude or clumsy in behavior
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