ill-bred
[il-bred]
adjective
showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
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RELATED WORDS
improper, salacious, pornographic, tasteless, lewd, off-color, unseemly, filthy, outrageous, ridiculous, vile, shocking, immoral, unbecoming, rough, boorish, barbarous, rude, disrespectful, vulgar
Nearby words
- ill-affected,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-behaved,
- ill-being,
- ill-boding,
- ill-conceived,
- ill-conditioned,
- ill-considered,
- ill-defined,
- ill-disguised
Origin of ill-bred
First recorded in 1615–25
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