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LOUTISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loutish mean?
• LOUTISH (adjective)
The adjective LOUTISH has 1 sense:
1. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Familiarity information: LOUTISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Synonyms:
boorish; loutish; neandertal; neanderthal; oafish; swinish
Context example:
aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
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