yobbish

yobbish
Characteristic of a yob, lout or hooligan

Yobbish behaviour can get you an ASBO

See Also: puerile, boyish, loutish

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  • yobbish — [[t]jɒ̱bɪʃ[/t]] ADJ (disapproval) If you describe a boy or a man as yobbish, you disapprove of him because he behaves in a noisy, rude, and perhaps violent way in public. [BRIT, INFORMAL] ...yobbish football supporters. Syn: loutish …   English dictionary

  • yobbish — yob ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a rude and loutish young man. DERIVATIVES yobbery noun yobbish adjective. ORIGIN from BOY(Cf. ↑boyish) (spelt backwards) …   English terms dictionary

  • yobbish — adj loutish, uncouth, oafish, boorish, doltish, ill mannered, ill bred, gawky, rude, coarse, rough, crude, vulgar, churlish, unmannerly, unrefined, uncivilized, gruff, impolite, rustic, uneducated, ignorant, bungling COLLOQ. clodhopping ≠ polite …   Useful english dictionary

  • yobbishness — noun a) The state or condition of being yobbish. b) Yobbish behaviour; yobbery …   Wiktionary

  • yobbery — noun a) Yobbish behaviour. Yobbery, in this instance, is one signifier of a certain social problem or set of problems... b) An instance of yobbish behaviour. The next days papers criticized the yobbery but there was very little about racism …   Wiktionary

  • loutish — adjective Resembling a lout. Syn: yobbish …   Wiktionary

  • yobbishly — adverb In a yobbish manner …   Wiktionary

  • oikish — adjective Like an oik; yobbish. His business partners are Terry Linex and Keith Carburton: matey yet threatening; oikish yet upwardly mobile …   Wiktionary

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