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Boorish vs Obnoxious - What's the difference?

boorish | obnoxious |

As adjectives the difference between boorish and obnoxious

is that boorish is behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured while obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.

boorish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured.

    • Related terms

    * boor * boorishly * boorishness

    obnoxious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * obnoctious (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
    • He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
    Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
  • (archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
  • * 1661 , , page 26,
    • To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.