boorish

Example Sentences

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You may find yourself pantomiming with one of your feet to your children in the persona of “Mr. Stinkyfoot,” a somewhat boorish Frenchman who espouses the importance of cleanliness and the needs for a bath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Minister for Sport Anika Wells called the comments "boorish, boring and wrong".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Such gags are rare, except of course in trials of boorish mobsters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024

Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick are empathetic in the leads, while Daniel Henshall is all quiet menace as the establishment’s most boorish regular.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

This action on my part led to a rather loud and defiantly boorish roar of protest from the collective workers, who began to regard me with sullen eves.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole