Backwoods
noun
A remote or rural area, typically cut off from main regions.
She grew up in the backwoods of Canada, away from the city life.
Often appears as...
- backwoods country
- backwoods cabin
adjective
Belonging to, relating to, or characteristic of a rural or remote area.
He had a backwoods charm that made everyone warm up to him.
Often appears as...
- backwoods charm
- backwoods mentality
noun
A remote or rural area, typically cut off from main regions.
She grew up in the backwoods of Canada, away from the city life.
Often appears as...
- backwoods country
- backwoods cabin
adjective
Belonging to, relating to, or characteristic of a rural or remote area.
He had a backwoods charm that made everyone warm up to him.
Often appears as...
- backwoods charm
- backwoods mentality
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Isolation
Refers to places far from cities and hard to reach, suggesting seclusion.
The nearest grocery store is 50 miles away in the backwoods.
Pro Tip 2/3Simpler Lifestyle
Used to imply a life that is simpler, closer to nature, and without modern luxuries.
Living in the backwoods means fewer gadgets and more nature.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can hold a negative view, suggesting backwardness or lack of sophistication.
People often underestimate the intelligence of those from the backwoods.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Isolation
Refers to places far from cities and hard to reach, suggesting seclusion.
The nearest grocery store is 50 miles away in the backwoods.
Pro Tip 2/3Simpler Lifestyle
Used to imply a life that is simpler, closer to nature, and without modern luxuries.
Living in the backwoods means fewer gadgets and more nature.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can hold a negative view, suggesting backwardness or lack of sophistication.
People often underestimate the intelligence of those from the backwoods.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Isolation
Refers to places far from cities and hard to reach, suggesting seclusion.
The nearest grocery store is 50 miles away in the backwoods.
Pro Tip 2/3Simpler Lifestyle
Used to imply a life that is simpler, closer to nature, and without modern luxuries.
Living in the backwoods means fewer gadgets and more nature.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Can hold a negative view, suggesting backwardness or lack of sophistication.
People often underestimate the intelligence of those from the backwoods.
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Video examples
Building Wild Extended...
and detail guy doors are looking good that's Tuffy backwoods inventor and when it comes to heavy machinery he's the man who needs to get out of there our business building while we can build your dream cabin on a mountaintop top of the world right here how do you gonna get your material up here yeah
Video examples
Jonathan Harris: The...
So here are some of my favorite montages that have been "I feel so much of my dad alive in me that there isn't even room for me." "I feel very lonely." "I need to be in some backwoods redneck town so that I can feel beautiful."
Video examples
Seton's Journey to Kill...
but behind the gun they a more complex Seaton was a naturalist who'd grown up in the backwoods of Canada with a real love and fascination for nature he was
Video examples
Building Wild Extended...
and detail guy doors are looking good that's Tuffy backwoods inventor and when it comes to heavy machinery he's the man who needs to get out of there our business building while we can build your dream cabin on a mountaintop top of the world right here how do you gonna get your material up here yeah
Video examples
Jonathan Harris: The...
So here are some of my favorite montages that have been "I feel so much of my dad alive in me that there isn't even room for me." "I feel very lonely." "I need to be in some backwoods redneck town so that I can feel beautiful."
Video examples
Seton's Journey to Kill...
but behind the gun they a more complex Seaton was a naturalist who'd grown up in the backwoods of Canada with a real love and fascination for nature he was
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
Rush Limbaugh is a lame professional swine, and he makes a good living at it. He is like a hired geek in some traveling backwoods carnival - the freaks who bite the heads off chickens - but Limbaugh is a modernized geek who thinks he can bite the heads off of people.
Quote examples
Rebecca Harding Davis
American Author
I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us.
Quote examples
Mike Barnicle
American Journalist
Cardinal Raymond Burke is a 66-year-old guy who lives in Rome, dresses like Queen Elizabeth, and talks like someone who majored in misogyny at some bogus, backwoods, Bible-banging tent school.
Quote examples
Victor LaValle
American Author
As a 13-year-old fan of horror fiction, I hadn't seen too many cities in the literature I loved. It was always small towns, or backwoods locales, or maybe the suburbs.
Quote examples
Haley Bennett
American Actress
I basically grew up in the backwoods.
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
Rush Limbaugh is a lame professional swine, and he makes a good living at it. He is like a hired geek in some traveling backwoods carnival - the freaks who bite the heads off chickens - but Limbaugh is a modernized geek who thinks he can bite the heads off of people.
Quote examples
Rebecca Harding Davis
American Author
I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us.
Quote examples
Mike Barnicle
American Journalist
Cardinal Raymond Burke is a 66-year-old guy who lives in Rome, dresses like Queen Elizabeth, and talks like someone who majored in misogyny at some bogus, backwoods, Bible-banging tent school.
Quote examples
Victor LaValle
American Author
As a 13-year-old fan of horror fiction, I hadn't seen too many cities in the literature I loved. It was always small towns, or backwoods locales, or maybe the suburbs.
Quote examples
Haley Bennett
American Actress
I basically grew up in the backwoods.
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