Boor — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɑːɹnˈæsɪəl/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈɜːmɐnˌɪeɪsˌiː/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈɜːmɐnˌɪeɪsˌiː/

1 syllable Say it as /kɑːɹnˈæsɪəl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tyke Goth barbarian peasant tike churl

Word Forms

barbarian

adjective

without civilizing influences; ; ; ; -Margaret Meade

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Grobian

eine grobe, unhöfliche, schlecht erzogene Person, der es an Kultur oder Vornehmheit mangelt

🇫🇷French

rustre

une personne grossière et mal élevée, manquant de culture ou de raffinement

🇪🇸Spanish

patán

una persona grosera, grosera y mal educada que carece de cultura o refinamiento

🇮🇹Italian

cafone

una persona rozza e maleducata, priva di cultura o raffinatezza

🇵🇹Portuguese

rude

uma pessoa rude, rude e mal-educada, sem cultura ou refinamento

🇷🇺Russian

хам

грубый, неотесанный, невоспитанный человек, лишенный культуры и утонченности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गंवार

एक कच्चा, गंवार और ख़राब नस्ल का व्यक्ति जिसमें संस्कृति या परिष्कार का अभाव है

🇧🇩Bengali

বোর

সংস্কৃতি বা পরিমার্জনার অভাব একটি অশোধিত অকথ্য অসুস্থ বংশোদ্ভূত ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Telugu

బోర్

సంస్కృతి లేదా శుద్ధీకరణ లేని క్రూరమైన అసహ్యమైన చెడు-పెంపకం లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

बोर

संस्कृती किंवा परिष्कृततेचा अभाव असलेली एक क्रूड बेफिकीर आजारी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોર

સંસ્કૃતિ અથવા સંસ્કારિતાનો અભાવ ધરાવતી અસંસ્કારી અસંસ્કારી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೋರ್

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆಯ ಕೊರತೆಯಿರುವ ಒರಟಾದ ಅಸಹ್ಯವಾದ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ತಳಿಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബോർ

സംസ്‌കാരമോ പരിഷ്‌കരണമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത, മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത, മോശമായി വളർത്തപ്പെട്ട വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੋਰ

ਇੱਕ ਕੱਚਾ ਬੇਵਕੂਫ ਬੁਰਾ ਨਸਲ ਵਾਲਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਧਾਰ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بور

ایک خام غیر اخلاقی بیمار شخص جس میں ثقافت یا تطہیر کا فقدان ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

莽汉

粗鲁无教养、缺乏教养、缺乏教养的人

🇯🇵Japanese

山猿

文化や洗練に欠けた粗野で粗野な育ちの悪い人

🇰🇷Korean

촌뜨기

교양이나 세련미가 결여된 조잡하고 사악하고 못 자란 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người thô lỗ

một người thô lỗ thô lỗ thiếu văn hóa hoặc sự tinh tế

🇹🇭Thai

คนบ้า

คนเลวทรามหยาบคายขาดวัฒนธรรมหรือความประณีต

🇮🇩Indonesian

orang yg kurang sopan

orang yang kasar, tidak sopan, dan tidak memiliki budaya atau kehalusan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فقير

شخص فظ وفظ وسيء التربية ويفتقر إلى الثقافة أو الصقل

🇮🇷Persian

بور

یک فرد بداخلاق و بی ادب که فاقد فرهنگ یا ظرافت است

🇹🇷Turkish

kaba

kültürden veya incelikten yoksun, kaba, kaba, kötü yetiştirilmiş kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

גוֹלֶם

אדם גס וגס רוח חסר תרבות או עידון

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