ignorant
adjective
[ ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)nt ]
• lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.
• "he was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid"
Similar:
uneducated,
unknowledgeable,
untaught,
unschooled,
untutored,
untrained,
illiterate,
unlettered,
unlearned,
unread,
uninformed,
unenlightened,
unscholarly,
unqualified,
benighted,
backward,
inexperienced,
unworldly,
unsophisticated,
unintelligent,
stupid,
simple,
empty-headed,
mindless,
pig-ignorant,
thick,
airheaded,
dense,
dumb,
dim,
dopey,
wet behind the ears,
slow on the uptake,
dead from the neck up,
a brick short of a load,
dozy,
divvy,
daft,
not the full shilling,
(as) thick as two short planks,
glaikit,
chowderheaded,
dumb-ass,
dotish,
dof,
hebete,
• discourteous or rude.
• "this ignorant, pin-brained receptionist"
Similar:
rude,
impolite,
ill-mannered,
bad-mannered,
unmannerly,
ungracious,
discourteous,
insensitive,
uncivil,
ill-humoured,
surly,
sullen,
boorish,
oafish,
loutish,
crude,
coarse,
vulgar,
gross,
• angry or quick-tempered.
• "they could be very ignorant and he had no intention of getting involved in an argument just now"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorant- ‘not knowing’, from the verb ignorare (see ignore).
