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yokel-like

/ˈjoʊ.kəl.laɪk/

Traduction: Adjectif décrivant quelqu'un ou quelque chose qui rappelle un campagnard, c'est-à-dire une personne simple, peu sophistiquée ou naïve originaire d'une région rurale.

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adjective

/ˈjoʊ.kəl.laɪk/formalobsolète
  • frAdjectif décrivant quelqu'un ou quelque chose qui rappelle un campagnard, c'est-à-dire une personne simple, peu sophistiquée ou naïve originaire d'une région rurale.

An obsolete adjective describing someone or something that resembles a yokel, meaning a rustic, unsophisticated, or naive person from the countryside.

  1. Stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitantsC1informal

    Having the characteristics of a yokel; naive, unsophisticated, and lacking worldly knowledge.

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    • His yokel-like behavior at the formal dinner embarrassed his hosts.
    • She had a yokel-like suspicion of anything modern or unfamiliar.
    • The movie portrayed the villagers in a yokel-like manner, which was offensive.

    Synonymescloddishcountrifiedprovincialrusticuncultivatedunpolishedunrefinedunsophisticatedyokelish

    Antonymescosmopolitancultivatedrefinedsophisticatedurbaneworldly

Formes
  • more yokel-like comparative form
  • most yokel-like superlative form