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- Dictionarylout/laʊt/
noun
- 1. an uncouth and aggressive man or boy: "he ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house"
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LOUT definition: 1. a young man who behaves in a very rude, offensive, and sometimes violent way: 2. a young man…. Learn more.
Lout belongs to a large group of words that we use to indicate a particular sort of offensive and insensitive person, that group also including such terms as boor, oaf, jerk, and churl. We've used lout in this way since the mid-1500s.
A lout is a clumsy, awkward oaf. If you want to insult the person who just stepped on your toes and belched, say, "Watch where you're going, you lout!"
Lout definition: an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.. See examples of LOUT used in a sentence.
Define lout. lout synonyms, lout pronunciation, lout translation, English dictionary definition of lout. n. An awkward and stupid person; an oaf. intr.v. lout·ed , lout·ing , louts 1. To bow or curtsy. 2. To bend or stoop. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...
If you describe someone as a lout, you are critical of them because they behave in an impolite or aggressive way.
noun. louts. An awkward, ill-mannered person; boor. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob. Wiktionary. Synonyms: lubber. goon. stumblebum. clod. lummox. lump. gawk. oaf. gawky. fool. stoop. dumbbell. curtsy. clown. dolt. verb. louts. To bow or curtsy; stoop.
