dining manners
Mealtime social rules
Dining manners are the customs and behaviors considered proper when eating, especially in formal or social settings.
These include using utensils correctly, chewing with a closed mouth, and not speaking while eating.
What counts as good dining manners varies by culture—slurping noodles is polite in Japan, rude in England.
Her dining manners impressed the hosts.
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- social gracesPolished behavior in company
- napkinMealtime wiping cloth
- silverwareMetal eating utensils
- chewingCrushing food orally
posture · elbows · polite · fork · knife · tablecloth · refined · gracious · formal · courtesy · host · guest · conversation · bite · swallow · elegant · proper · serviette
- etiquettepoliteness, etiquette, courtesy, civility, social graces
- cultural competenceperspective-taking, open-mindedness, empathy, sensitivity, customs
dining mannersgobbling
Eating fast and messily
piggishness · sloppiness · gulping · cramming · boorishness
dining mannerscrudeness
Lack of sophistication
vulgarity · barbarism · savagery · incivility · coarseness
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