as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a loudmouthed boor who embarrassed his family at every social event they attended
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Recent Examples of boor
Women like Feinstein and O’Connor bore the bruises of boors on their way to the top so that future generations wouldn’t suffer as much.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2023
Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.
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Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
9 Oct. 2023
The fact that your brother acknowledges he’s been a boor and then … keeps right on being a boor doesn’t say much for him.
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Haben Kelati,
Washington Post,
10 May 2023
Yes, cousin Sam is a stubborn boor, and Aunt Ellie drives you a little crazy with her nitpicking ways.
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Country Living,
8 Mar. 2023
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2023
Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.
—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
9 Oct. 2023
The fact that your brother acknowledges he’s been a boor and then … keeps right on being a boor doesn’t say much for him.
—
Haben Kelati,
Washington Post,
10 May 2023
Yes, cousin Sam is a stubborn boor, and Aunt Ellie drives you a little crazy with her nitpicking ways.
—
Country Living,
8 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boor
Noun
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This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
Noun
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The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
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Up until his first day of filming Jackass, Steve-O was a clown in nightclubs, cruise ships and at a flea-market circus.
Noun
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
Noun
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Because spotted skunks are relatively rare in California wildlife rehabilitation centers and in the surrounding area, there were no other skunks of his kind available to keep him company.
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The fall is an especially busy time for skunks.
Noun
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Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.
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“Boor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boor. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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