BOORISH Synonyms

• having a broad or rounded end

• used of a knife or other blade; not sharp

• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• make less intense

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• make less sharp

• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• rude and boorish

• having a bad disposition; surly

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• of low or inferior quality or value

• (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

• not refined or processed

• a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

• not carefully or expertly made

• conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• not processed or subjected to analysis

• showing no courtesy; rude

• lacking social graces

• lacking graciousness

• lacking grace; clumsy

• lacking social polish

• brusque and surly and forbidding

• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

• socially incorrect in behavior

• not polite

• marked by casual disrespect

• improperly forward or bold

• marked by casual disrespect

• unrestrained by convention or propriety

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• an unsophisticated country person

• characteristic of rural life

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• characteristic of the fields or country

• lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others

• revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

• lacking civility or good manners

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• not refined or processed

• (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth