Common - English meaning

adjective

Rough and bad-mannered; coarse.

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Boorish behaviour

adjective

Rude and not considering other people's feelings

Usage examples:

I found him rather boorish and aggressive., the boorish behaviour of some tourists is embarrassing.

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a brute.

Usage examples:

He was coarse and brutish

adjective

Rough, unpleasant, and often violent

Usage examples:

It has been said that life is often "nasty, brutish, and short".

adjective

Rough or harsh in texture.

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A coarse woollen cloth

adjective

Rough and not smooth or soft

Usage examples:

Coarse hair, coarse linen shirts, now and then coarse laughter broke out., our recipe calls for coa…

adjective

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

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A conventional morality had dictated behaviour

adjective

Following the usual practices of the past

Usage examples:

We were raised in a conventional, middle-class family., it’s a conventional hot-water heater (= of …

adjective

Relating to accepted or traditional ways of doing something

Usage examples:

Conventional accounting/business practices/methods, it is estimated that over one-third of sub-prim…

adjective

According to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances.

Usage examples:

It is customary to mark an occasion like this with a toast

noun

Another term for custumal.

adjective

Reflecting or showing a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time among a group of people

Usage examples:

We thought tipping wasn't customary in japan., she’s not her customary cheerful self today., the st…

adjective

Done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday.

Usage examples:

A daily newspaper

adverb

Every day.

Usage examples:

The museum is open daily

noun

A newspaper published every day except sunday.

Usage examples:

The trial was reported in all the popular dailies

adjective

Ordinary and regular

Usage examples:

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include sorting the mail and making appointments.

adjective

Happening every day as a regular part of something

Usage examples:

Responsibility for the day-to-day running of the two stores had been transferred to locally recruit…

adjective

Happening or used every day; daily.

Usage examples:

Everyday chores like shopping and housework

adverb

Each day; daily.

Usage examples:

I get up at six every day

adjective

Ordinary, typical, or usual

Usage examples:

The movie is about the everyday lives of working mothers.

adjective

Well known from long or close association.

Usage examples:

Their faces will be familiar to many of you

noun

A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal.

Usage examples:

Her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts

adjective

Easy to recognize because previously experienced

Usage examples:

Familiar sights, a familiar face, i’m not familiar with current research in the field., her familia…

adjective

Occurring or done many times at short intervals.

Usage examples:

Frequent changes in policy

verb

Visit (a place) often.

Usage examples:

Pubs frequented by soldiers

adjective

Happening often; common

Usage examples:

She makes frequent trips home to beijing., i frequently disagree with him., i moved much more frequ…

noun

Abbreviation for gross tonnage

adjective

Done constantly or as a habit.

Usage examples:

His habitual use of heroin

adjective

Usual or repeated

Usage examples:

Longer prison sentences will help keep habitual criminals off the streets., she was habitually late.

adjective

Rude and behaving badly

Usage examples:

An ill-bred young man

adjective

Rude and unpleasant

adjective

Not having or showing good manners; rude.

Usage examples:

It would have been impolite to refuse

adjective

Rude; not polite

adjective

Rough or clumsy and unintelligent.

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Oafish behaviour

adjective

Stupid, rude, or awkward

Usage examples:

Oafish behaviour, an oafish young man

adjective

With no special or distinctive features; normal.

Usage examples:

He sets out to depict ordinary people

noun

What is commonplace or standard.

Usage examples:

Their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary

adjective

Not different, special, or unexpected in any way; usual

Usage examples:

His music was of the sort that ordinary americans could relate to., computers are now widely availa…

noun

A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.

Usage examples:

I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings

adjective

Hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.

Usage examples:

There were displays to inspire even the most philistine of visitors

noun

A member of a non-semitic people of ancient southern palestine, who came into conflict with the israelites during the 12th and 11th centuries bc.

Usage examples:

The canaanites suffered a series of setbacks in the late 2nd millennium bc with attacks from the se…

adjective

Able to be predicted.

Usage examples:

The market is volatile and never predictable

adjective

Acting or happening in a way that is expected

Usage examples:

Comets usually appear at predictable times., she’s so predictable – she always wants to go to the s…

adjective

Happening as or when expected

Usage examples:

Bonds are attractive for investors seeking predictable returns on their investments., the supermark…

adjective

Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

Usage examples:

Primitive mammals

noun

A person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.

Usage examples:

Reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives

adjective

Of or occurring every day; daily.

Usage examples:

The car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic

adjective

Occurring often or repeatedly.

Usage examples:

She had a recurrent dream about falling

adjective

Happening again many times

Usage examples:

The patient has a two-month history of recurrent episodes of pancreatitis., the 'what ifs' of histo…

adjective

Arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.

Usage examples:

Plant the flags at regular intervals

noun

A regular customer, member of a team, etc.

Usage examples:

Pub regulars

adjective

Happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern, with equal or similar amounts of space or time between one and the next

Usage examples:

A regular heartbeat, working regular hours, trees were planted at regular intervals along the avenu…

adjective

Done or occurring again several times in the same way.

Usage examples:

There were repeated attempts to negotiate

verb

Say again something one has already said.

Usage examples:

‘are you hurt?’ he repeated

adjective

Happening again and again

Usage examples:

Repeated attempts/warnings, he has repeatedly denied being there.

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

noun

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Usage examples:

I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective

Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Usage examples:

The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb

Organize according to a routine.

Usage examples:

All had been routined with smoothness

adjective

Offensively impolite or bad-mannered.

Usage examples:

She had been rude to her boss

adjective

Behaving in a way that hurts other people’s feelings; not polite

Usage examples:

I apologized for ted’s rude behavior., i thought it was rude of him not to introduce me., i’ve live…

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

noun

A level of quality or attainment.

Usage examples:

Their restaurant offers a high standard of service

adjective

Used or accepted as normal or average.

Usage examples:

The standard rate of income tax

adjective

Usual or expected; not involving something special or extra

Usage examples:

A standard contract, i don’t work a standard, 35-hour week., the car came with an air conditioner a…

adjective

Viewed or represented as a stereotype.

Usage examples:

The film is weakened by its stereotyped characters

verb

View or represent as a stereotype.

Usage examples:

The city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland

noun

The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

Usage examples:

The store has a very low turnover of stock

adjective

(of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.

Usage examples:

25 per cent off stock items

verb

Have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.

Usage examples:

Most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce

adjective

Having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing.

Usage examples:

A typical day

adjective

Showing the characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing

Usage examples:

He looked like the typical tourist with his camera and baseball cap., this dish is typical of south…

adjective

Showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things

Usage examples:

I must look like the typical tourist with my shorts and my camera., this kind of hot and spicy food…

adjective

(of a place or people) not socially, culturally, or morally advanced.

Usage examples:

They pitied us for leaving the smoke for such uncivilized remoteness

adjective

(of a society or country) without what is thought to be a highly developed culture and way of life, or (of a person) rude and not showing care for others

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Uncivilized behavior

adjective

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

Usage examples:

He is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time

adjective

(of a person or a person's behavior) rude and unpleasant

adjective

Not appropriate to or behaving like a gentleman.

Usage examples:

An ungentlemanly lack of sportsmanship

adjective

(of a man's behaviour) not polite and not behaving well towards other people

Usage examples:

He was sent off the pitch for ungentlemanly conduct.

adjective

Not appropriate for or typical of a well-bred, decorous woman.

Usage examples:

Sharon gave an unladylike snort

adjective

Not graceful or polite, or not behaving in a way that is thought to be socially acceptable for a woman

Usage examples:

She was sweating in a most unladylike manner.

adjective

Not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements.

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Unrefined sugar

adjective

In a natural state, without having been through a chemical or industrial process to remove unwanted parts; not refined

Usage examples:

Unrefined sugar

adjective

Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.

Usage examples:

They looked at the scanty, unsavoury portions of food doled out to them

adjective

Unpleasant, or morally offensive

Usage examples:

Unsavoury sexual practices, an unsavoury reputation

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

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An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

Usage examples:

He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.

adjective

Habitually or typically occurring or done; customary.

Usage examples:

He carried out his usual evening routine

noun

The thing which is typically done or present.

Usage examples:

The band was a bit sick of playing all the usuals

adjective

Happening or done most of the time; ordinary

Usage examples:

I’ll put the keys in the usual place., if you can believe it, the food was worse than usual., he us…

adjective

Lacking sophistication or good taste.

Usage examples:

A vulgar check suit