Antonyms for boorish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : boor-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊər ɪʃ


Definition of boorish

Origin :
  • 1560s, from boor (n.) + -ish. Related: Boorishly; boorishness.
  • adj crude, awkward
Example sentences :
  • I repeat, it was an occasion when it would have been boorish in me to refuse to meet them halfway.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • This was why you were so—so boorish and disagreeable in that shop.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But the hour comes when they turn from their boorish company to higher things.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • In other words, there are some people who would be boorish under any circumstances.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Business Etiquette » by Nella Henney
  • I regret to say that so far he is as rough and boorish as ever.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean Cat's Paw » by George Manville Fenn
  • A Portuguese who had saved a man's life, Evan, would he have been so boorish?
  • Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
  • He could not have behaved like a boorish ruffian to an adversary in the death agony.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
  • The wife of Judge Hahn forbade him the house on account of his boorish answers.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • Schopenhauer was jealous, uncontrolled in his moods, and boorish in his manners.
  • Extract from : « Schopenhauer » by Margrieta Beer
  • The boorish manners of the father offended the finer spirit of the son.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Mankind » by Hendrik Van Loon

Synonyms for boorish

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