Philistines - English meaning

noun

(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (greek, roman, christian).

Usage examples:

The city was besieged by the barbarians

adjective

Relating to ancient barbarians.

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Barbarian invasions

noun

A rough and bad-mannered person.

Usage examples:

At last the big obnoxious boor had been dealt a stunning blow for his uncouth and belligerent manner

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

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A rich, bored, bourgeois family

noun

A bourgeois person.

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A self-confessed and proud bourgeois

noun

A savagely violent person or animal.

Usage examples:

He was a cold-blooded brute

adjective

Characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence.

Usage examples:

A brute struggle for social superiority

noun

A person who is offensive and rude, and often violent

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Historians have portrayed him as a brute who won only because of superior troop strength., they had…

noun

An ignorant or stupid person.

Usage examples:

Assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him

noun

A person who knows nothing

Usage examples:

I'm a complete ignoramus where computers are concerned.

noun

An uncouth and aggressive man or boy.

Usage examples:

He ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house

noun

A rude, stupid, or awkward man

Usage examples:

He’s such a lout.

adjective

Not highly intellectual or cultured.

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Lowbrow tabloids

noun

A lowbrow person.

Usage examples:

These long cerebral articles are not read by the lowbrows.

adjective

(of literature, art, music, movies, or plays) not serious and intended for people who do not know much about these forms of art, or (of people) not intelligent and not knowing a lot about such things

Usage examples:

Lowbrow tastes, lowbrow readers

noun

A person who considers material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.

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Greedy materialists lusting for consumer baubles

adjective

Considering material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.

Usage examples:

A greedy materialist population

noun

Someone who believes that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life

noun

A man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent.

Usage examples:

They are just big, clumsy oafs

noun

A big, stupid, awkward person, esp. a man

adjective

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

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Primitive mammals

noun

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

Usage examples:

Reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives

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

An unrefined person, especially one with newly acquired power or wealth.

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He is a jumped-up vulgarian

noun

A rude, noisy, or violent person.

Usage examples:

The young people, they have no religion, and the yahoos are coming home to roost.

exclamation

Expressing great joy or excitement.

Usage examples:

Yahoo—my plan worked!

noun

A rude, loud, unpleasant person, especially one who has little education

Usage examples:

"yahoo! i passed!" he shouted.