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

His profile rose after a 1988 California production of Garson Kanin’s “Born Yesterday,” in which Mr. Schramm played a corrupt, loutish businessman who, among other things, tried to bribe members of Congress.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2020

“There are worse things than loutish, laddish cool,” A.O.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2020

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

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith