Definition

1. Noun:
   • An awkward, stupid, or rude person: A "lout" is a person who behaves in a clumsy, foolish, or boorish manner, often showing a lack of social grace or intelligence.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • He was dismissed as a big, drunken lout who caused trouble at the pub.
  • Don't be such a lout; hold the door open for others.
  • The character in the story was portrayed as an uneducated lout from the countryside.

Advanced Usage

• "To lout about" (archaic/rare): To behave in a loutish manner; to act like a lout.
  • He would just lout about all day, annoying everyone with his clumsy antics.

Variants and Related Words

• Loutish (adjective): Having the characteristics of a lout; rude, awkward, and stupid.
  • His loutish behavior at the dinner party embarrassed his family.
• Loutishly (adverb): In a loutish manner.
  • He laughed loutishly at his own joke.

Synonyms

• Oaf: A stupid, uncultured, or clumsy person.
• Boor: A rough and bad-mannered person.
• Clod: A stupid person (often implying clumsiness).
• Yokel (often derogatory): An unsophisticated country person.

Antonyms

• Gentleman: A courteous, gracious, and considerate man.
• Sophisticate: A person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.

Related Idioms

• "Act the lout": To behave in a stupid, rude, or clumsy way.
  • He decided to act the lout at the formal event, much to everyone's dismay.

Noun

1. an awkward stupid person