loutish
adjective
like or characteristic of a lout; awkward; clumsy; boorish.
loutishness
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a word derived from
loutish.
Example Sentences
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The show is a kind of spiritual “Parts Unknown,” in which religions are ingested like sea-urchin roe—but without Anthony Bourdain’s lovable loutishness.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2017
As Geoff Dyer wrote in The Times in 2009, Americans strive, underneath the loutishness, to be liked, while the British care more about being right.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2013
With his cringe-inducing loutishness, Brent was often painful for the viewer to take.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2013
In their weakest material, the line between send-up and celebration of loutishness becomes vanishingly thin – as McGlynn seems to acknowledge when he calls some of their early work "disgusting songs I now regret".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2013
Mary's heart warmed to him at once, he was so shy and clumsy; but Stefan, who detested the mere suspicion of loutishness, favored him with an absent-minded stare.
From The Nest Builder by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
