Boorish and Short

Boorish

Boorish adjective - Having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners.

Short and boorish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Boorish".

Nearby Words: boor, boorishly

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Boorish and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boorish" instead an adjective "Short".

Both words in one sentence

  • Nazi Gold Monuments Men gives the idea that Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Montgomery were short-sighted and boorish for posing with the gold bars rather than with the Ghent Altarpiece.
    Source: Nazi Gold
  • Depraved Kids' Show Host Krusty's first TV appearance – on a Tracy Ullman Show-era Simpsons short called "The Krusty the Clown Show" – sees the clown portrayed as boorish and having a normal voice, wearing normal hair and no face makeup.
  • Love at First Punch Anton Chekhov's short play The Bear: the boorish Large Ham Smirnov is at first very disdainful to his debtor's widow Popova, finding her prissy and pretentious, but becomes smitten when Popova reveals to be a Hidden Badass.
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