boorish

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boorish

/ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/

Sounds like boarish

adjective more boorish · most boorish

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners. May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.
Similar: rude, uncultured

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adj behaving as a boor

Español	zafio, cafre, grosero, tosco, maleducado, bruto
한국어	촌스러운 chonseureoun
Português	caipira
Français	grossier
Deutsch	ungehobelt, rüpelhaft, trampelig, ungeschickt
Italiano	zotico, becero, grossolano, rozzo
Ελληνικά	αγροίκος agroíkos
Русский	гру́бый grúbyj, ха́мский xámskij

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@misc{boorish_2026,
  title = {boorish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boorish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}