chawbacon

An old-fashioned, derogatory term for a person considered unsophisticated, unintelligent, or lacking interest in culture.

• 🇩🇪Veraltete, abwertende Bezeichnung für eine ungebildete, unkultivierte oder provinzielle Person, oft auf dem Land lebend.

1. Uncultured or unsophisticated person C2 informal british

   A person perceived as lacking intelligence, refinement, or cultural awareness, often from a rural background.

   • He dismissed the critic as a chawbacon who didn't understand modern art.
   • The city dwellers looked down on the visitors, calling them chawbacons.
   • She felt like a chawbacon at the fancy dinner party, unsure of which fork to use.

   🇩🇪Ungehobelter Mensch

   Synonyme: bumpkinclodhopperpeasantprovincialruberusticyokel

   Antonyme: cosmopolitesophisticate