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Meanings of boorish in English

Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.

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Usage of boorish in English
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He was a craftsman and an artist, lost in this boorish place.
The Cloister and the Hearth
2
Bonnie bristled at what she considered a boorish display of male insolence.
The witch of agnesi
3
Behaviour that had become boorish, is now the template for all teams.
Radio NZ
4
One said something to the other, and both laughed with boorish malice.
The Debtor: A Novel
5
Finally she opened her eyes to remind herself of the boorish truth.
The Hellbound Heart
6
She railed at boorish squires for understanding their real interests so imperfectly.
Two Poets
7
I hated to appear boorish, besides it would not serve my purpose.
The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
8
I could wish that your patron had employed a less boorish messenger.
For The Admiral
9
He overpaid the sleigh-driver and laughed aloud at the man's boorish surprise.
Barlasch of the Guard
10
For all his boorish ways, he was an excellent man at heart.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
11
Whether these are atheistic, immoral, boorish, cruel, are considerations of secondary importance.
Villa Elsa / A Story of German Family Life
12
The boorish manners of the father offended the finer spirit of the son.
The Story of Mankind
13
They have become boorish in manners, unsympathetic in nature, and suspicious in spirit.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
14
Tiririca believes such boorish behavior is the rule in legislatures, not the exception.
Reuters
15
The image they constantly project is of boorish, dogmatic, ungracious, and insulting mien.
The Irish Times
16
Teniers, Ostade, Brouwer are coarse and boorish beside him; Metsu and Mieris genteel.
A Wanderer in Holland
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