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US
/ˈbʊɹ/
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[ UK /bˈɔː/ ]
[ UK /bˈɔː/ ]
NOUN
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
How To Use boor In A Sentence
- I'm not sure the term insufferable boor is quite adequate here, I'm not saying that he's entirely without humor, but it's the sort of humor that is always tempered by a reminder of how much money he has and how he is holding it over his adult children. Outfoxed Diary Entry
- Sturges was also quick to spot the feral intensity of Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine's brutal boorishness, using them to give Bad Day At Black Rock its seething core of twisted hatred.
- Though he is a boor, that is to be expected, as his father is an enlisted man. I Met John Scalvi! « Whatever
- The people were different, but their boorishness was the same," he said in an interview published Thursday in the daily newspaper Izvestia. Chron.com Chronicle
- In interview, he'll often segue into a boorish, rambling mode which - while always hilarious - still seems like performance.
- When you were the defending champion the next year, you were criticized by the British press for showing up late to a function and acting like a boor.
- It perpetuates the image of the boorish, boerewors eating, brandy drinking supporter when, in fact, our supporters are highly intelligent with a keen understanding of the game.
- A deserved multi-award-winner that's almost savoury but never boorish. Times, Sunday Times
- Over the next few days I witnessed more of his boorish behaviour, to the annoyance of many around him. Times, Sunday Times
- After a coupla days down here in Melbooring this week, I suggest leaving the boardies behind and bring down the possum fur jacket… Cheeseburger Gothic » We’re thinking Longrain for Thursday in Melbourne.