NEANDERTHAL

• (noun) extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

  synonyms : homo sapiens neanderthalensis , neandertal , neandertal man , neanderthal man

• (adj.) relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man

  "Neanderthal skull"

  synonyms : neandertal , neanderthalian

• (adj.) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

  "was boorish and insensitive", "the loutish manners of a bully", "her stupid oafish husband", "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

  synonyms : boorish , loutish , neandertal , oafish , swinish

  The officer was boorish and insensitive. -added by naila_inlas

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