boorish

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English boor

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Middle English -ish

English -ish

English boorish

From boor + -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: boarish

Adjective

boorish (comparative more boorish, superlative most boorish)

1. Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

   Synonyms: rude, uncultured

   • 1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, Arcade, published 1998, →ISBN, page 256:

     May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity.

   • 2000 June 10, “Dr. Laura supports program that pays women $200 to be forever ...”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):

     I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it?

   • 2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 June 2025:

     The only real-world effect is that it makes these figures appear boorish and unprofessional to anyone outside the online slopulist echo chamber.

Derived terms

• boorishly
• boorishness
• unboorish

Translations

behaving as a boor

• Czech: buranský
• Finnish: moukkamainen (fi)
• French: grossier (fr)
• German: ungehobelt (de), rüpelhaft (de), trampelig, ungeschickt (de)
• Greek: αγροίκος (el) (agroíkos)
• Hungarian: durva (hu), faragatlan (hu), otromba (hu)
• Indonesian: kampungan (id)
• Irish: amhlánta, tútach
• Italian: zotico (it), becero (it), grossolano (it), rozzo (it)
• Korean: 촌스러운 (chonseureoun)
• Macedonian: груб (grub)
• Māori: tūhourangi
• Norwegian: ubehøvlet, tverr, trumpete
• Polish: prostacki (pl), chamski (pl), gburowaty (pl)
• Portuguese: caipira (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: гру́бый (ru) (grúbyj), ха́мский (ru) (xámskij)
• Spanish: zafio (es), cafre (es), grosero (es), tosco (es), maleducado (es), bruto (es), bestia (es), patán (es), borde (es) (Spain)
• Turkish: kaba (tr), görgüsüz (tr), terbiyesiz (tr)

See also

• boarish (not to be confused)