lout

Ill-mannered boor

A lout is an awkward and clumsy person or, more often, a person who is aggressive and rude.

Lout is somewhat old-fashioned, but still a useful way of characterizing rude and boorish behavior: The louts were yelling obscenities at passersby.

The verb lout is archaic and means to bow or bend.

brutish

brute

Cruel, violent person

gorilla · bruiser · brawler · tough · hoodlum · hooligan · ruffian · rowdy · roughneck · heavy

boorish

boor

Rude, insensitive person

slob · yokel · buffoon · clodhopper · yobbo · oaf · dolt · lummox · gawk · klutz

uncouth

crass

Crudely lacking refinement

uncultured · unrefined · boorish · churlish · gruff · rough · unmannerly · unsophisticated · crude · ill-mannered

clumsy

awkward

Lacking grace or ease

uncoordinated · blundering · gawky · maladroit · ungainly · fumbling · stumbling · bumbling · lumbering · ham-handed

Categories
Opposites
social refinement and manners

loutgentleman

Courteous, honorable man

lady · aristocrat · sophisticate · smoothie · gallant

intelligence and sophistication

loutgenius

Person of rare brilliance

intellectual · sage · thinker · scholar · brainiac

moral character

loutsaint

Canonized holy person

angel · hero · heroine · paragon · innocent

Phrases
Family

loutish, louts, loutishness, loutishly

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G