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Recent Examples of lout Douglas, as contemptuous of the lout as he is prudently inhibited about asserting himself, channels his just fury into an intellectually flamboyant torrent of sarcastic rhetoric—leading other white patrons, assuming Douglas to be the aggressor, to consider calling the police. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2021 The most arresting is Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, a heavy-drinking lout with legendarily twisted and peaked eyebrows, whose ineptitude as a military commanderdid not impede his rise to the presidency of Pakistan. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 Just picture some lout like, say, Biff from Back to the Future, and imagine his face upon learning a hot candy character swapped stilettos for practical block heels. Diane Brady, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 The major debut is that of Alexander Birch Elliott, who’s Enrico as the drunken lout of your nightmares. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for lout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lout
Noun
  • Like the ghostly hulk of the Titanic below the surface of the sea, Northbrook Court is a quiet and cavernous relic — at the bottom of the retail food chain.
    David Petitti, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The first night, the characters are menaced by a bald hulk in overalls, wearing a clown mask with the mouth area (including his teeth) smashed in.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The winners of the Round of 16 games advance to the quarterfinals, while the losers move on to the classification games for places 9-16.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • Lee’s sensitive, evolving turn as Gi-hun — deeply human amid the madness, paranoia and murder set in bright green and pink surroundings — has made the character the ideal litmus test for Hwang’s critique of an economic system designed to produce titanic winners and losers who face annihilation.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • But in politics — as in life —there’s a fine line between being genuine and being a jerk.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • Smoky, spicy jerk is also on the menu in the Pulled Jerk Pork & Coconut Shrimp appetizer at Eleanor’s at Sandals Grande Antigua.
    Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
  • Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Order the jumbo lump or save a few bucks and opt for the equally tasty backfin version.
    Christina Tkacik, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • In a fifty-eight-year-old survivor of breast cancer with a strong family history of the disease, a new lump near the original site likely signals recurrence—intervention is warranted.
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The toilet does the heavy work automatically with an electromechanical system, so all the owner of said waste has to do is grab the sealed, odorless bag and drop it in the garbage, much like a mutt mitt.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 May 2025
  • Remember when this series started, the Nuggets were heavy underdogs, viewed as mutts.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 May 2025

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“Lout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lout. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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