Neandertal (adj.)

  1. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; Neanderthal skull

    [ Syn: neanderthal , neanderthalian , neandertal ]

    Neandertal (n.)

  1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

    [ Syn: neandertal man , neanderthal man , neandertal , neanderthal , homo sapiens neanderthalensis ]

    neandertal (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: boorish , loutish , neanderthal , oafish , swinish ]

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