loutish
adjective
Synonyms
- boorish
- churlish
- classless
- cloddish
- clownish
- uncouth
Example Sentences
Alissa Simon, Variety, 15 July 2022 Thus his ex-wife, a bank teller, becomes finance minister; a beat cop who refuses to take bribes (Oleksandr Pikalov) becomes defense minister; and the loutish actor Sergei Viktorovich Mukhin (Yevhen Koshovy) becomes foreign minister. David Klion, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2022 Leger finds him on a yacht, but before much is said, a loutish boat captain arrives to entice them with booze, heroin and women. Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 14 Aug. 2020 Of course, there is something loutish about driving this very proper British convertible so barbarously fast—a little like putting four olives in your afternoon restorative at the Lord's Club. John Phillips, Car and Driver, 20 May 2020 Skepticism about the cult of the loutish writer goes back at least to the first century b.c. Sarah Ruden, National Review, 23 Jan. 2020 Darts staggered out of the pub and onto television in the 1970s, but low viewing-figures and a loutish reputation eventually led broadcasters and sponsors to pull the plug. The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020 Haddon has borrowed his structure from the play Pericles, Prince of Tyre, co-authored by Shakespeare and, many argue, another loutish dramatist, George Wilkins–both of whom appear as characters. Nicholas Mancusi, Time, 13 June 2019 One of Faith’s acolytes, Greer Kadetsky, is a lovely, bookish young woman who has a gross encounter with a loutish frat boy during her first week of college. Clare Mchugh, Time, 5 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
1542, in the meaning defined above
loutish
adjective
Synonyms & Similar Words
- boorish
- uncouth
- clownish
- cloddish
- churlish
- stupid
- classless
- vulgar
- unsophisticated
- doltish
- rude
- oafish
- mannerless
- unpolished
- ill-bred
- bestial
- awkward
- discourteous
- unmannerly
- coarse
- unrefined
- ungracious
- uncivil
- beastly
- tasteless
- impolite
- uncultivated
- ungainly
- misleared
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sophisticated
- polished
- gentlemanly
- genteel
- refined
- well-bred
- classy
- cultivated
- civil
- courtly
- polite
- couth
- courteous
- ladylike
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of loutish are boorish, churlish, and clownish. While all these words mean "uncouth in manners or appearance," loutish implies bodily awkwardness together with stupidity.
Although the words boorish and loutish have much in common, boorish implies rudeness of manner due to insensitiveness to others' feelings and unwillingness to be agreeable.
The words churlish and loutish can be used in similar contexts, but churlish suggests surliness, unresponsiveness, and ungraciousness.
The words clownish and loutish are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, clownish suggests ill-bred awkwardness, ignorance or stupidity, ungainliness, and often a propensity for absurd antics.