boorish

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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

An exodus of prosecutors who didn’t care for his staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

He later took on recurring roles in CBS's The Good Wife and spin-off The Good Fight, as boorish law partner Howard Lyman, and FX's Rescue Me, as New York fire station chief Sidney Feinberg.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

He was also a silver-tongued intellectual who abhorred boorish thinking and behavior and savored debates with the sharpest minds of his era.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024

I meant it to seem witty, but the words seemed to turn boorish as soon as they left my mouth.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss