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lowbred

American  
[loh-bred] / ˈloʊˈbrɛd /

adjective

  1. characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.

    Synonyms:
    rude , unrefined
    Antonyms
    noble

Etymology

Origin of lowbred

First recorded in 1750–60; low 1 + bred

Example Sentences

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People will buy and read what requires no effort of mean capacities to follow, and what satisfies lowbred tastes by a standard of morality to which they can, with as little difficulty, attain.

From Project Gutenberg

A worthless, lowbred scamp is named commissary general.

From Project Gutenberg

Bardolph is a bravo, but great humorist; he is a lowbred, drunken swaggerer, wholly without principle, and always poor.

From Project Gutenberg

We put up at the big hotel opposite the railway station, and looked and behaved like a pair of lowbred South Africans home for a spree.

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