Meanings
adjective
- Resembling a lout (troublemaker or bumpkin).
He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.
1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 140
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian груб, недодялан
- груб (grub)resembling a lout
- недодялан (nedodjalan)resembling a lout
German rüpelhaft
- rüpelhaftresembling a lout
Greek αλανιάρικος
- αλανιάρικος (alaniárikos)resembling a lout
Irish gamalach
- gamalachresembling a lout
Māori tūhourangi
- tūhourangiresembling a lout
Polish prostacki, nieokrzesany
- prostackiresembling a lout
- nieokrzesanyresembling a lout
- chamskiresembling a lout
Scottish Gaelic gràisgeil
- gràisgeilresembling a lout
Cite this entry
APA
loutish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loutish
MLA
“loutish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loutish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loutish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loutish.
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