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Lout belongs to a large group of words that we use to indicate a particular sort of offensive and insensitive person, that group also including such terms as boor, oaf, jerk, and churl. We've used lout in this way since the mid-1500s.
Synonyms for LOUT: hulk, loser, idiot, lump, moron, stupid, mutt, oaf; Antonyms of LOUT: brain, genius, intellectual, thinker, sage, wizard, whiz, brainiac
A lout is a clumsy, awkward oaf. If you want to insult the person who just stepped on your toes and belched, say, "Watch where you're going, you lout!"
Lout definition: an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.. See examples of LOUT used in a sentence.
LOUT definition: 1. a young man who behaves in a very rude, offensive, and sometimes violent way: 2. a young man…. Learn more.
Lout definition: An awkward and stupid person; an oaf.
Define lout. lout synonyms, lout pronunciation, lout translation, English dictionary definition of lout. n. An awkward and stupid person; an oaf. intr.v. lout·ed , lout·ing , louts 1. To bow or curtsy.
If you describe someone as a lout, you are critical of them because they behave in an impolite or aggressive way.
Definition of lout noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a man or boy who behaves in a rude and aggressive way synonym yob. We were woken by a group of drunken louts singing in the street outside. He claimed that he had been abused by some teenage louts.
lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted) (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.