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lout noun [ laʊt ]

• an uncouth and aggressive man or boy.
• "he ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house"
Similar: ruffian, hooligan, thug, boor, oaf, hoodlum, rowdy, bully boy, yob, yobbo, tough, roughneck, bruiser, gorilla, yahoo, chav, hoodie, lug, ocker, hoon,
Opposite: smoothie, gentleman,
Origin: mid 16th century: perhaps from archaic lout ‘to bow down’, of Germanic origin.


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