Synonyms
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of boor in a Sentence
I can't invite a boor like him to dinner! He'd offend the other guests.
a loudmouthed boor who embarrassed his family at every social event they attended
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Djokovic has become a boor.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2021
The boor that made Milwaukee famous.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
Yes, cousin Sam is a stubborn boor, and Aunt Ellie drives you a little crazy with her nitpicking ways.
—Country Living, 8 Mar. 2023
As Bad Sisters‘ John Paul, Bang might just be the least likable character on television — a petty boor of a man whose only apparent joy in life comes from tormenting others.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2022
This may be true to the directness of the tech world, but presenting Kalanick so straightforwardly as a boor means that there’s nowhere for this story to take us.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022
Her husband, however, is a boor on the level of Juicy Joe Giudice.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2021
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
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Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
Djokovic has become a boor.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2021
The boor that made Milwaukee famous.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
Yes, cousin Sam is a stubborn boor, and Aunt Ellie drives you a little crazy with her nitpicking ways.
—Country Living, 8 Mar. 2023
As Bad Sisters‘ John Paul, Bang might just be the least likable character on television — a petty boor of a man whose only apparent joy in life comes from tormenting others.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2022
This may be true to the directness of the tech world, but presenting Kalanick so straightforwardly as a boor means that there’s nowhere for this story to take us.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022
Her husband, however, is a boor on the level of Juicy Joe Giudice.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2021
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
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“Boor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boor. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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boor
noun1
a
: peasant
b
2
: a crude or impolite person
boorish
adjective
-ish
boorishly
adverb
boorishness
noun
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