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Costa was to prove himself equally boorish when, ten minutes into the second-half, he headbutted Martins Indi, a Dutch midfielder.

Consequently, he was booed every time he touched the ball by the boorish, and unforgiving, Brazilians in the crowd.

Octopus is one of those sleazy and boorish Americans whose instincts prove correct.

The commercial culture will tolerate multiple divorces, trips to rehab, and all sorts of boorish behavior.

All those messy emotions, the obsessive thoughts, the clenched teeth, are considered boorish and barbaric.

Have you come again to disturb me to no purpose, and to bring me some boorish fellow, as you did just now?

Most young people think they are natural when they are only boorish and rude.

Only vacant or boorish faces met her eyes; it was not a high-class crowd that had come to see the Two-headed Girl.

Beginning by viewing the Colonel in sulky silence, he had answered his kinsman's overtures only by a rude stare or a boorish word.

We became particularly hot upon some boorish sneer of Drummle's, to the effect that we were too free with our money.

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On this page you'll find 100 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to boorish, such as: barbaric, churlish, coarse, impolite, rude, and tasteless.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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