loutish

Example Sentences

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I hope the Sheffield United defender at least had the decency to apologise to the Crystal Palace manager for his loutish behaviour.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023

The more loutish among them long for the days when they could easily slide from responsibility for their actions.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022

Trifling is not a word one likes to apply to lawmakers, but how else do you describe that kind of loutish behavior?

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2022

When we found her, she was in a cerise dress ornamented with black lace, two carmine stones in her ears, flanked by a couple of loutish youths in masks and hoodies, taking selfies.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

The child was found at last, by her loutish seventeen-year-old brother.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith