as in boorish
having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners
the cloddish behavior of the frat boys at the party
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Borisov has actually played such a role before, having previously starred as a boorish Russian dude who slowly reveals his softer side in the Finnish romantic comedy Compartment No. 6.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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The audiences at those concerts would strike us as boorish.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
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Widowed waitress Yvette Yates Redick and misfit nine-year-old son Benjamin Steinhauser remain in mourning for the man of the house — a vacancy poorly filled by her loutish current boyfriend (Rob Mayes).Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
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At one point Jan, distracted by Kasia’s upcoming sonogram, is being drilled by his loutish captain.Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
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Everyone wants to see this clownish, larger-than-life villain.Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
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In the days after the protests came the death of former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin, an avuncular and garrulous (if sometimes clownish) leader.Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2022
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The British series, which debuted in 2022, follows Oscar winner Gary Oldman’s churlish and disheveled Jackson Lamb as the leader of a team of disgraced and disowned MI5 agents scrappily and shabbily getting the job done.Trey Williams, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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Asked about these comments, and responding to them, Tiger himself was churlish.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 July 2024
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Sofia has taken Francis, and Sal Maroni is right on her heels with a bunch of his goons to give Oz a few whacks with one of his own stupid golf clubs, then down to the trolley station to take over the Bliss operation.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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Those in the latter camp are nasty — terrible and stupid!Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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She’s still been busy, though, with all the ski trials and uncouth houseguests.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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That collab has produced six custom 1α bikes, each costing €19,900, and looking – to my uncouth eye, at least – almost exactly like standard 1α models (priced at €14,900) but with an ill-fitting and slightly fuzzy seat cover.New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2024
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Their classless behavior is almost unbelievable at times.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2024
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More recently, Venezuela’s disastrous efforts under Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro to pursue a classless society through expropriations and unsustainable spending ultimately chased away businesses, private investment, and most of the middle class.Luis Alberto Moreno, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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Yes, but: While Democrats hammer Trump on his recent vulgar and sometimes violent rhetoric, House Speaker Mike Johnson brushed the comments aside Sunday as typical hyperbole.Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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Former President Donald Trump delivered unusual and vulgar remarks Saturday about the late golf legend Arnold Palmer while campaigning in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, as the campaign enters the final stretch to Election Day.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Cloddish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloddish. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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