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boor
What does boor mean?
boor (noun): a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce boor?
/bʊɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does boor come from?
Borrowed from Dutch boer (“peasant”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of boor?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “boor” mean?
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Right! That's what “boor” means.
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
Not quite: that's what enchantment means.
a feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive
Not quite: that's what umbrage means.
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Not quite: that's what affirmation means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “boor”?
statistic
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rendition
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criterion
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barbarian
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