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boorishness
| Main Entry: |
awkwardness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clumsiness; inelegance |
| Synonyms: | amateurishness, artlessness, boorishness, cloddishness, coarseness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, greenness, ignorance, inability, incompetence, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpertness, maladroitness, oafishness, rudeness, tactlessness, uncoordination, uncouthness, ungainliness, unskillfulness |
| Antonyms: | artfulness, dexterity, elegance, grace, handiness, skill |
| Main Entry: | barbarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crudity, savagery |
| Synonyms: | boorishness, brutality, crudeness, cruelty, inhumanity, ruthlessness, savageness, viciousness, vulgarity |
| Antonyms: | kindness |
| Main Entry: | coarseness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rudeness, vulgarity |
| Synonyms: | bawdiness, boorishness, callousness, crassness, crudity, earthiness, harshness, indelicacy, offensiveness, poor taste, rawness, ribaldry, roughness, smut, smuttiness, uncouthness, unevenness, unrefinement |
| Antonyms: | delicacy, manners, politeness, refinement, sophistication |
| Main Entry: | ingratitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ungratefulness |
| Synonyms: | boorishness, callousness, disloyalty, inconsiderateness, rudeness, thanklessness, thoughtlessness, unthankfulness |
| Antonyms: | appreciation, consideration, gratitude |
| Main Entry: | lewdness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indecency |
| Synonyms: | boorishness, brutishness, carnality, coarseness, concupiscence, corruptness, debauchery, depravity, dirtiness, dissoluteness, eroticism, erotism, evil, evilness, fleshliness, grossness, impurity, incontinence, incontinency, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, libidinousness, licentiousness, lubricity, lustfulness, obscenity, pederasty, pornography, prurience, pruriency, raunchiness, ribaldry, ruttishness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, scurrility, smut, smuttiness, unchastity, vileness, villainy, voluptuousness, vulgarity, wantonness, wickedness |
| Antonyms: | continency, decency, modesty |
| Main Entry: | rudeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impoliteness |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, asperity, audacity, bad manners, barbarity, bluntness, boldness, boorishness, brass, cheek, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, discourtesy, disdain, disrespect, effrontery, grossness, harshness, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, intrusiveness, irritability, misbehavior, nerve*, officiousness, shamelessness, sharpness, tactlessness, ungraciousness, unkindness, unmannerliness, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Ingratitude. |
| Category: | 2. Retrospective sympathetic affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion of benefits, unthankfulness., "benefits forgot"; thankless task, thankless office.
-verbs
be ungrateful; forget benefits; look a gift horse in the mouth.
-adjectives
ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful; thankless, ingrate, wanting in gratitude, insensible of benefits., forgotten; unacknowledged, unthanked, unrequited, unrewarded; ill-requited.
-phrases
"ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend" [Lear].
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| Antonyms: | gratitude |
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