Dictionary

boorish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English boor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English boorish From boor + -ish.

Meanings

1. Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
   • The only real-world effect is that it makes these figures appear boorish and unprofessional to anyone outside the online slopulist echo chamber. 2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025:
   • I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it? 2000 June 10, “Dr. Laura supports program that pays women $200 to be forever ...”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):
   • May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity. 1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, Arcade, published 1998, →ISBN, page 256:

Forms

Deriveds

boorishly · unboorish · boorishness

Relateds

boarish

Synonyms

uncultured · rude

Translations (45)

de trampelig (behaving as a boor) · no trumpete (behaving as a boor) · id kampungan (behaving as a boor) · pl prostacki (behaving as a boor) · hu faragatlan (behaving as a boor) · it grossolano (behaving as a boor) · es grosero (behaving as a boor) · gl basto (behaving as a boor) · es maleducado (behaving as a boor) · es borde (behaving as a boor) · it becero (behaving as a boor) · ko 촌스러운 (behaving as a boor) · es zafio (behaving as a boor) · cs buranský (behaving as a boor) · es bruto (behaving as a boor) · es cafre (behaving as a boor) · de ungehobelt (behaving as a boor) · it zotico (behaving as a boor) · gl maleducado (behaving as a boor) · no tverr (behaving as a boor) · es tosco (behaving as a boor) · pl chamski (behaving as a boor) · no ubehøvlet (behaving as a boor) · mi tūhourangi (behaving as a boor) · tr terbiyesiz (behaving as a boor) · ga tútach (behaving as a boor) · el αγροίκος (behaving as a boor) · hu durva (behaving as a boor) · fr grossier (behaving as a boor) · tr görgüsüz (behaving as a boor) · tr kaba (behaving as a boor) · es patán (behaving as a boor) · ru гру́бый (behaving as a boor) · ru ха́мский (behaving as a boor) · pt caipira (behaving as a boor) · fi moukkamainen (behaving as a boor) · mk груб (behaving as a boor) · hu otromba (behaving as a boor) · gl groseiro (behaving as a boor) · it rozzo (behaving as a boor) · ga amhlánta (behaving as a boor) · de ungeschickt (behaving as a boor) · pl gburowaty (behaving as a boor) · es bestia (behaving as a boor) · de rüpelhaft (behaving as a boor)