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Exact Match:

boorish: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

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ungentlemanly collapse: not befitting a gentleman

unladylike collapse: lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady

raffish collapse

ruffianly collapse: violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"

unfeminine collapse: not suitable for a woman; "an unfeminine depth of voice"

discourteous collapse: showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"; lacking social graces

philistine collapse: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC; a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits; of or relating to ancient Philistia or the culture of the Philistines

countrified collapse: characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"

ill-bred collapse: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

all thumbs collapse

impolite collapse: not polite

ungainly collapse

bumbling collapse: lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse

heavy handed collapse

fumbling collapse

hayseed collapse

hulking collapse: of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships"

cloddish collapse: heavy and dull and stupid

unsolicitous collapse

maladroit collapse: not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

blunderheaded collapse

cumbersome collapse: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"

oafish collapse

roughneck collapse

left handed collapse

up country collapse

hick collapse

rube collapse

gawky collapse: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"

unwieldy collapse: difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations"; difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"

gauche collapse: lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

surly collapse: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

churlish collapse: having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare; rude and boorish

ungraceful collapse

gruff collapse: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

bungling collapse: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

tactless collapse: lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"

graceless collapse: lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott; lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess"

loutish collapse

yokel collapse: not very intelligent or interested in culture

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