boorishness
boorishness — noun
1. the quality of being rude, clumsy, and socially insensitive — for example, inter
the quality of being rude, clumsy, and socially insensitive — for example, interrupting others, ignoring basic manners at the table, or making loud and thoughtless remarks in a setting where people expect polite behaviour
The dinner guests were shocked by Stefan's boorishness when he started eating before the host.
possessive + boorishness with specific rude action
Bao's constant interrupting during meetings was regarded as pure boorishness by the whole team.
boorishness regarded/seen as a quality
After knocking over a display in the shop, Lucas felt ashamed of his own boorishness.
Shirin complained about the boorishness of the guests who talked loudly through the whole performance.
Caleb's colleagues had grown tired of his boorishness at office lunches.
- rudeness
more general and more common in everyday use; boorishness suggests a coarser, more thoughtless kind of rudeness
- crudeness
emphasises a lack of polish or refinement rather than active disrespect
- insensitivity
focuses on a failure to notice or care about others' feelings, which is a key part of boorishness
- politeness
the quality of behaving with consideration for others
- refinement
implies polished manners and social grace, the opposite of the coarseness implied by boorishness
文法句型
boorishness of [someone]
boorishness toward [someone]
用法筆記
This noun is almost always uncountable. It is most common in written or formal speech rather than everyday conversation, where 'rudeness' is more frequent.