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boor
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boor  (br)
n.
1. A person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement.
2. A peasant.

[Dutch boer, from Middle Dutch gheboer; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: boor, barbarian, churl, lout1, vulgarian, yahoo
These nouns denote an uncouth and uncultivated person: listened to the boor talk about himself all night; a barbarian bewildered by the art exhibit; offended by the churl's lack of manners; was married to an uncaring lout; refused to invite the vulgarian; acted like a yahoo at the restaurant.

boor [bʊə]
n
an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person
[Old English gebūr; related to Old High German gibūr farmer, dweller, Albanian būr man; see neighbour]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boorboor - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

boor
noun lout, peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), barbarian, brute, philistine, redneck (U.S. slang), oaf, bumpkin, vulgarian, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), clodhopper (informal), churl, clodpole He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor.
Translations
boor [bʊəʳ] Npalurdo/a m/f

boor
nRüpel m, → Flegel m

boor [bʊəʳ] nbifolco, zotico
boor [bʊəʳ] nbifolco, zotico

boor
n boor [buə]
a coarse, ill-mannered person. buffel شَخْصٌ فَظٌّ / ريفيٌّ грубиян křupan, neotesanec ubehøvlet person der Flegel αγροίκος patán mühakas آدم بی ادب؛ دهاتی moukka butor גַס असभ्य व्यक्ति, गंवार, उजड़ seljačina bunkó orang kasar, orang yang tak tahu sopan/adat ruddi zoticone 無作法者 버릇없는 사람 mužikas rupjš cilvēks; tēviņš orang yang kasar dan tidak tahu adat lomperd bølle, tølper gbur grosseirão ţăran, ţărănoi хам neokrôchanec neotesanec prostak tölp, bondlurk คนชั้นต่ำ kaba/görgüsüz kimse, hödük 粗野的人,不懂禮貌的人 грубіян, невихована людина دیہاتی ، گنوار người thô lỗ
adj boorish
buffelagtig فَظٌّ، ريفيٌّ، غَليظ الطَّبْع дебелашки křupanský, neotesaný fræk flegelhaft άξεστος tosco, grosero mühaklik بی ادب؛ گستاخ moukkamainen grossier גָסוּת असभ्य, अशिष्ट neotesan durva kampungan, tak tahu adat ruddalegur maleducato; zotico 粗野な 무례한 mužikiškas rupjš kasar dan tidak tahu adat lomp ubehøvlet gburowaty grosseiro grosolan хамский hrubý neotesan prostački tölpaktig, bufflig เหมือนคนชั้นต่ำ kaba/görgüsüz, hödük 鄉下佬的 невихований, грубий اکھڑ پن ، گنوار پن thô lỗ 佬的


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