boorishness

noun

Definition of boorishnessnext
as in brutishness

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  1. rudeness
  2. indelicacy
  3. vulgarity
  4. crudity
Noun
  • Bad hygiene, rudeness and talking too much about exes will be the biggest no-nos.
    Analis Bailey, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Not drinking alcohol — for whatever reason — tends to trigger rudeness in people who do drink.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of rudeness
Noun
  • The Trump era is one of indelicacy, profanity, and real—not imagined—misogyny, and its flacks deserve a language that matches up.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 5 June 2018
  • Trump added, seemingly referring to the indelicacy of directly attacking a war hero who is fighting brain cancer.
    Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
Definition of indelicacy
Noun
  • Miss Manners is relieved not to be asked what to do about that vulgarity.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In short, when faced with a genuine choice between civility and decency versus vulgarity and indecency, most Americans who voted in the 2024 elections opted for the latter.
    Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of vulgarity
Noun
  • And, while its crudity is certainly purposeful, its sense of purpose can be elusive at times.
    Phillip Maciak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Although Günther Groissböck cleaned up better than the usual Ochs, his portrayal lacked nothing for crudity.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
Definition of crudity
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