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bumpkinly

/ˈbʌmp.kɪn.li/

Übersetzung: Abwertend oder veraltend: ungeschickt, ungehobelt oder bäuerlich wirkend, wie ein Tölpel vom Lande.

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adjective

C2formalbritishveraltet/ˈbʌmp.kɪn.li/

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is awkward, unsophisticated, or rustic, like a country bumpkin.

  • 🇩🇪Abwertend oder veraltend: ungeschickt, ungehobelt oder bäuerlich wirkend, wie ein Tölpel vom Lande.
  1. Awkwardly simple and provincial C1 informal

    Having the characteristics of a country person; unsophisticated, awkward, or rustic in manner or appearance.

    • His bumpkinly behavior at the formal dinner made everyone stare.
    • She had a bumpkinly charm that was endearing to the city folk.
    • The actor played a bumpkinly farmer with a thick accent.

    🇩🇪Tölpelhaft einfach und provinziell

    Synonyme: boorishcloddishcountrifiedprovincialrusticuncouthunsophisticatedyokelish

    Antonyme: cosmopolitanculturedpolishedrefinedsophisticatedurbane

  • more bumpkinly comparative form
  • most bumpkinly superlative form