Hayseed — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈeɪsiːd/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈeɪsiːd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈeɪsiːd/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈeɪsiːd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chawbacon rube yahoo hick bumpkin yokel

Word Forms

bumpkinly

adjective

awkwardly simple and provincial

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Grassamen

eine Person, die nicht sehr intelligent oder an Kultur interessiert ist

🇫🇷French

péquenaud

une personne qui n'est pas très intelligente ou qui s'intéresse à la culture

🇪🇸Spanish

palurdo

una persona que no es muy inteligente o no está interesada en la cultura

🇮🇹Italian

seme di fieno

una persona che non è molto intelligente o interessata alla cultura

🇳🇱Dutch

hooizaad

iemand die niet erg intelligent is of geïnteresseerd is in cultuur

🇵🇹Portuguese

semente de feno

uma pessoa que não é muito inteligente ou interessada em cultura

🇷🇺Russian

сено

человек, который не очень умен или интересуется культурой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घास के बीज

एक व्यक्ति जो बहुत बुद्धिमान नहीं है या संस्कृति में रुचि नहीं रखता है

🇧🇩Bengali

খড়ের বীজ

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি খুব বুদ্ধিমান বা সংস্কৃতিতে আগ্রহী নন

🇮🇳Tamil

வைக்கோல் விதை

மிகவும் புத்திசாலி அல்லது கலாச்சாரத்தில் ஆர்வம் இல்லாத நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

గడ్డివాము

చాలా తెలివైన లేదా సంస్కృతిపై ఆసక్తి లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

गवत बियाणे

खूप हुशार किंवा संस्कृतीत रस नसलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઘાસના બીજ

એવી વ્યક્તિ કે જે ખૂબ હોશિયાર નથી અથવા સંસ્કૃતિમાં રસ નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹುಲ್ಲಿನ ಬೀಜ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പുൽത്തകിടി

വളരെ ബുദ്ധിമോ സംസ്കാരത്തിൽ താൽപ്പര്യമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਰਾਗ ਬੀਜ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤ ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਲਚਸਪੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਰੱਖਦਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

گھاس کا بیج

ایک شخص جو بہت ذہین یا ثقافت میں دلچسپی نہیں رکھتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

干草籽

不太聪明或对文化不感兴趣的人

🇯🇵Japanese

干し草の種

あまり知性が高くなく、文化に興味がない人

🇰🇷Korean

풀씨

별로 똑똑하지 않거나 문화에 관심이 없는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hạt cỏ khô

một người không phải là rất thông minh hoặc quan tâm đến văn hóa

🇹🇭Thai

หญ้าแห้ง

บุคคลที่ไม่ฉลาดหรือสนใจวัฒนธรรมมากนัก

🇮🇩Indonesian

orang desa

seseorang yang tidak terlalu cerdas atau tertarik pada budaya

🇲🇾Malay

biji jerami

seorang yang tidak begitu cerdik atau tidak berminat dengan budaya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بذور القش

شخص ليس ذكيا جدا أو مهتما بالثقافة

🇮🇷Persian

دانه یونجه

فردی که خیلی باهوش یا علاقه مند به فرهنگ نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

saman tohumu

çok zeki olmayan veya kültürle ilgilenmeyen bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

זרעי חציר

אדם שאינו מאוד אינטליגנטי או מתעניין בתרבות

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