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lowbred

[ loh-bred ]
/ ˈloʊˈbrɛd /
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adjective
characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
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Origin of lowbred

First recorded in 1750–60; low1 + bred

Words nearby lowbred

low board, low boiling point, lowborn, lowboy, low brass, lowbred, lowbrow, low-budget, lowbush blueberry, low-cal, low camp
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Words related to lowbred

barbaric, churlish, coarse, impolite, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, vulgar, grumpy, ornery, sullen, bawdy, boorish, crass, crude, dirty, gruff, nasty, obscene, off-color

How to use lowbred in a sentence

  • Why, in the name of Athene, do they put such lowbred villains into office.

    Callias|Alfred John Church

  • A fellow of your caste had otherwise obtained no hold upon me; a lowbred, illiterate drunkard——'

    Gerald Fitzgerald|Charles James Lever
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