what does Neanderthal mean?
NEANDERTHAL as NOUN
- Meaning
- extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
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NEANDERTHAL as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
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- was boorish and insensitive
- the loutish manners of a bully
- her stupid oafish husband
- aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
Similar To
- Meaning
- relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
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