boorish

rude, crude, or insensitive

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  • boor: crude behavior that barges past manners

Boorish behavior barges past the manners that would make other people feel considered.

His boorish joke ended the conversation instead of loosening it.

Boor once pointed toward a rustic or peasant figure. Modern boorish should be used for conduct, not class: loud, crude, insensitive behavior that ignores the room.

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