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loutish

[ lou-tish ]

/ ˈlaʊ tɪʃ /

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adjective

like or characteristic of a lout; awkward; clumsy; boorish.

Origin of loutish

First recorded in 1545–55; lout¹ + -ish¹

SYNONYMS FOR loutish

churlish, uncouth, vulgar, coarse.

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OTHER WORDS FROM loutish

lout·ish·ly, adverb lout·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby loutish

lousewort, lousy, lousy with, lout, louth, loutish, loutrophoros, louvain, louvar, louver, louver board

Example sentences from the Web for loutish

The billionaire chairman of Viacom and CBS has settled with a deputy who accused him of loutish behavior.

Sumner's $1 Million Payoff |Peter Lauria |August 24, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Jan too will have joined them by now, but he was loutish and clumsy.

The Laughing Cavalier |Baroness Orczy
One by one these loutish peasants have come into my shop and told me the tale—curse them!

A Bride of the Plains |Baroness Emmuska Orczy
A loutish gunner, whom wine had robbed of his wits, was thrown into the gutter, and lay there with the rain beating upon his face.

The Garden of Swords |Max Pemberton

In front of this waggon two men rode, unlike in stature and mien, and a loutish fellow led the horses.

Margery [Gred], Complete |Georg Ebers
I am not seized with a loutish vertigo when I look upon her and touch her hand.

The Kempton-Wace Letters |Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for loutish

loutish

/ (ˈlaʊtɪʃ) /

adjective

characteristic of a lout; unpleasant and uncouth

Derived forms of loutish

loutishly, adverb loutishness, noun