as in loutish
having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners
boorish behavior, such as yelling for service in restaurants
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Recent Examples of boorish
There is precedent for TV personalities having to answer for boorish comments made on social media and on television.
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Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
Despite concerns about his boorish behavior, questionable business dealings and unsavory friends, Andrew spent 10 years as Britain’s special envoy for international trade and remained a prince of the realm until the details of his relationship with Epstein were revealed last year.
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ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
The man Meursault shoots, the brother of a woman who’s been humiliated and beaten by Meursault’s boorish friend and neighbor Raymond (Pierre Lottin), goes unnamed in Camus’s original and indeed is little discussed.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2026
An exodus of prosecutors who didn’t care for his staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for boorish
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
Despite concerns about his boorish behavior, questionable business dealings and unsavory friends, Andrew spent 10 years as Britain’s special envoy for international trade and remained a prince of the realm until the details of his relationship with Epstein were revealed last year.
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ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
The man Meursault shoots, the brother of a woman who’s been humiliated and beaten by Meursault’s boorish friend and neighbor Raymond (Pierre Lottin), goes unnamed in Camus’s original and indeed is little discussed.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2026
An exodus of prosecutors who didn’t care for his staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences.
—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boorish
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And Trump’s domineering, loutish approach to women spoke to its adherents in a way that few, if any, of his rivals could match.
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The nation and the world have long since become accustomed to Trump’s loutish behavior, coarse vocabulary and disrespect for the dignity of his office and America’s reputation.
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An uncouth mix of stress and chlorine exposure recently left my skin simultaneously drier and more breakout-prone than it's been in quite a long time, and my usual routine of a quarter-size drop of skin tint just wasn’t cutting it anymore.
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And any expression otherwise is so taboo or deemed uncouth, and we aren’t allowed to talk about it in our art and media.
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The harmful framing of women athletes as vulnerable and Black women athletes as overly aggressive and classless has been well-established across studies.
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The Avs did right by MacFarland in granting him permission to interview, unlike the petty and classless Golden Knights, who continue to hold former coach Bruce Cassidy hostage.
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But this churlish little spurt from his players?
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Most of that action is on the Democratic side and the sniping is getting downright churlish as we near the March 17 primary elections.
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Martin showed that even a clownish gentleman with a pure heart could woo someone like Tisha Campbell’s Gina.
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The Black characters that appeared on-screen closely resembled the clownish stereotypes popularized by the minstrels.
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And no, that was NOT OutKick or FOX who wrote that stupid headline.
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The thing about House of the Dragon is that everything really is quite stupid.
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Sean Goode, a former Canton police sergeant who was working the night of John O'Keefe's death and testified during the first Karen Read trial, allegedly sent dozens of vulgar text messages, according to an independent investigation.
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Others were removed early on for vulgar or inappropriate comments, according to a PGA Tour source with knowledge of the events, with five spectators in total ejected from the tournament with six holes to go.
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“Boorish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boorish. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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