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boor
a peasant; a course, rude person: He is such a boor that I never invite him.
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boor
(bo͝or)n.
1. A person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement.
2. A peasant.
Synonyms: boor, barbarian, churl, vulgarian, yahoo
These nouns denote an uncouth and uncultivated person: loud tourists behaving like boors; a barbarian uninterested in the art exhibit; offended by the churl's lack of manners; refused to invite the vulgarian to the reception; acted like a yahoo at the restaurant.
These nouns denote an uncouth and uncultivated person: loud tourists behaving like boors; a barbarian uninterested in the art exhibit; offended by the churl's lack of manners; refused to invite the vulgarian to the reception; acted like a yahoo at the restaurant.
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boor
(bʊə)n
an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person
[Old English gebūr; related to Old High German gibūr farmer, dweller, Albanian būr man; see neighbour]
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boor
(bʊər)n.
1. a rude, or unmannerly person.
2. a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel.
3. peasant.
[1545–55; < Dutch boer or Low German būr]
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Noun 1. [画像:boor - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement]boor - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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boor
noun lout, peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), barbarian, brute, philistine, redneck (U.S. slang), oaf, bumpkin, vulgarian, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), clodhopper (informal), churl, clodpole He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor.
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Translations
شَخْصٌ فَظٌّ
křupanneotesanec
ubehøvlet person
ruddi
mužikasmužikiškas
rupjš cilvēkstēviņš
neokrôchanec
hödükkaba/görgüsüz kimse
boor
[bʊəʳ] N → palurdo/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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boor
(buə) noun a coarse, ill-mannered person. buffel شَخْصٌ فَظٌّ / ريفيٌّ грубиян grosseirão křupan, neotesanec der Flegel ubehøvlet person αγροίκος patán mühakas آدم بی ادب؛ دهاتی moukka butor גס असभ्य व्यक्ति, गंवार, उजड़ seljačina bunkó orang kasar, orang yang tak tahu sopan/adat ruddi zoticone 無作法者 버릇없는 사람 mužikas rupjš cilvēks; tēviņš orang yang kasar dan tidak tahu adat lomperd bølle, tølper gbur بی ادب سړی grosseirão ţăran, ţărănoi хам neokrôchanec neotesanec prostak tölp, bondlurk คนชั้นต่ํา kaba/görgüsüz kimse, hödük 粗野的人,不懂禮貌的人 грубіян, невихована людина دیہاتی ، گنوار người thô lỗ 粗野的人,不懂礼貌的人
ˈboorish adjective buffelagtig فَظٌّ، ريفيٌّ، غَليظ الطَّبْع дебелашки grosseiro křupanský, neotesaný flegelhaft fræk άξεστος tosco, grosero mühaklik بی ادب؛ گستاخ moukkamainen grossier גסות असभ्य, अशिष्ट neotesan durva kampungan, tak tahu adat ruddalegur maleducato; zotico 粗野な 시골뜨기의 mužikiškas rupjš kasar dan tidak tahu adat lomp ubehøvlet gburowaty بی ادب ، ګستاخ grosseiro grosolan хамский hrubý neotesan prostački tölpaktig, bufflig เหมือนคนชั้นต่ํา kaba/görgüsüz, hödük 舉止粗魯的 невихований, грубий اکھڑ پن ، گنوار پن thô lỗ 粗鲁,乡巴佬的
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