I thought it would be boorish to challenge his identity without warning.
Source: tatoeba (329334)
Boorish
//ˈbʊəɹɪʃ//
Synonyms for "boorish" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
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Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 18 languages.
Czech
1 entries- buranský adj (behaving as a boor)
Finnish
1 entries- moukkamainen adj (behaving as a boor)
French
1 entries- grossier adj (behaving as a boor)
German
4 entries- rüpelhaft adj (behaving as a boor)
- trampelig adj (behaving as a boor)
- ungehobelt adj (behaving as a boor)
- ungeschickt adj (behaving as a boor)
Greek
1 entries- αγροίκος adj (behaving as a boor)
Hungarian
3 entries- durva adj (behaving as a boor)
- faragatlan adj (behaving as a boor)
- otromba adj (behaving as a boor)
Indonesian
1 entries- kampungan adj (behaving as a boor)
Irish
2 entries- amhlánta adj (behaving as a boor)
- tútach adj (behaving as a boor)
Italian
4 entries- becero adj (behaving as a boor)
- grossolano adj (behaving as a boor)
- rozzo adj (behaving as a boor)
- zotico adj (behaving as a boor)
Korean
1 entries- 촌스러운 adj (behaving as a boor)
Macedonian
1 entries- груб adj (behaving as a boor)
Māori
1 entries- tūhourangi adj (behaving as a boor)
Norwegian
3 entries- trumpete adj (behaving as a boor)
- tverr adj (behaving as a boor)
- ubehøvlet adj (behaving as a boor)
Polish
3 entries- chamski adj (behaving as a boor)
- gburowaty adj (behaving as a boor)
- prostacki adj (behaving as a boor)
Portuguese
1 entries- caipira adj (behaving as a boor)
Russian
2 entries- гру́бый adj (behaving as a boor)
- ха́мский adj (behaving as a boor)
Spanish
4 entries- bestia adj (behaving as a boor)
- borde adj (behaving as a boor)
- bruto adj (behaving as a boor)
- cafre adj (behaving as a boor)
Turkish
3 entries- görgüsüz adj (behaving as a boor)
- kaba adj (behaving as a boor)
- terbiyesiz adj (behaving as a boor)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
I feel like holding hands now would be incredibly boorish.
Source: tatoeba (1597386)
What more should I say, but that this miller would not put aside his words for anyone, telling his boorish tale in his manner? I think I shall repeat it here.
Source: tatoeba (3156135)
Tom is boorish and unpleasant.
Source: tatoeba (8126744)
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