Synonyms
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of boor in a Sentence
I can't invite a boor like him to dinner! He'd offend the other guests.
a loudmouthed boor who embarrassed his family at every social event they attended
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For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
Women like Feinstein and O’Connor bore the bruises of boors on their way to the top so that future generations wouldn’t suffer as much.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
The fact that your brother acknowledges he’s been a boor and then … keeps right on being a boor doesn’t say much for him.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
Women like Feinstein and O’Connor bore the bruises of boors on their way to the top so that future generations wouldn’t suffer as much.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
The fact that your brother acknowledges he’s been a boor and then … keeps right on being a boor doesn’t say much for him.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
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“Boor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boor. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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boor
noun1
a
: peasant
b
2
: a crude or impolite person
boorish
adjective
-ish
boorishly
adverb
boorishness
noun
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