Lout
noun
A clumsy, stupid person, especially a man, who is rude or has no respect.
Don't be such a lout, apologize for your rude comments.
Often appears as...
- act like a lout
- behave like a lout
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Disapproving
noun
A young man hired as a farm hand.
The farmer's lout was working diligently in the fields.
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Neutral
noun
A clumsy, stupid person, especially a man, who is rude or has no respect.
Don't be such a lout, apologize for your rude comments.
Often appears as...
- act like a lout
- behave like a lout
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A young man hired as a farm hand.
The farmer's lout was working diligently in the fields.
Usage tips
Neutral
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'lout' often implies disapproval and is used to express a strong negative opinion about someone's behavior.
His loud outburst at dinner showed him to be a complete lout.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specific
While 'lout' typically refers to men, it can be used for any gender when stressing clumsy rudeness.
She behaved like a lout when she mocked the performers.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Context
Use 'lout' in casual or informal contexts; it might not be suitable for formal writing or speech.
At the pub, a lout spilled his drink all over me.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'lout' often implies disapproval and is used to express a strong negative opinion about someone's behavior.
His loud outburst at dinner showed him to be a complete lout.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specific
While 'lout' typically refers to men, it can be used for any gender when stressing clumsy rudeness.
She behaved like a lout when she mocked the performers.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Context
Use 'lout' in casual or informal contexts; it might not be suitable for formal writing or speech.
At the pub, a lout spilled his drink all over me.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'lout' often implies disapproval and is used to express a strong negative opinion about someone's behavior.
His loud outburst at dinner showed him to be a complete lout.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specific
While 'lout' typically refers to men, it can be used for any gender when stressing clumsy rudeness.
She behaved like a lout when she mocked the performers.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Context
Use 'lout' in casual or informal contexts; it might not be suitable for formal writing or speech.
At the pub, a lout spilled his drink all over me.
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so true I think it was because he and his brother were the only only members of his family to survive the Holocaust the last time my father saw his parents was one week before the Nazis invaded Poland on a train station in Brest lout
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Frank Miller
American Artist
Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.
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George Vecsey
American Author
It is no fun lining up in your own building - as the hockey players say - and touching the hands of fellow stubbly louts who have just sent you off to the proverbial cabin on the lake.
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Hugh Dancy
British Actor
No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout.
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Michael J. Knowles
American Author
President Trump's critics call him an immoral lout. By strict moral standards, so are we all.
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Frank Miller
American Artist
Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.
Quote examples
George Vecsey
American Author
It is no fun lining up in your own building - as the hockey players say - and touching the hands of fellow stubbly louts who have just sent you off to the proverbial cabin on the lake.
Quote examples
Hugh Dancy
British Actor
No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout.
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Michael J. Knowles
American Author
President Trump's critics call him an immoral lout. By strict moral standards, so are we all.
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