ill-bred
[il-bred]
adjective
showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
Origin of ill-bred
First recorded in 1615–25
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Related Words for ill-bred
improper, salacious, pornographic, tasteless, lewd, off-color, unseemly, filthy, outrageous, ridiculous, vile, shocking, immoral, unbecoming, rough, boorish, barbarous, rude, disrespectful, vulgarExamples from the Web for ill-bred
Historical Examples of ill-bred
It was considered (as on shore) ill-bred to acknowledge the voice of conscience.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
Paul felt for the instant that he had been brutal and ill-bred.
Despair's Last JourneyDavid Christie Murray
She was not hurt over the ill-bred manner in which she had been treated.
Marjorie Dean, College SophomorePauline Lester
She knew him quite well for an ill-bred little snob at heart.
The HighgraderWilliam MacLeod Raine
Still she need not have spoken in that angry tone, and called her “ill-bred.”
In the Mist of the MountainsEthel Turner
ill-bred
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