ill-bred
Lacking social graces
Ill-bred means poorly raised, lacking good manners or refinement.
The word suggests someone whose upbringing failed to instill social graces: His ill-bred remarks embarrassed everyone at the table.
It carries a slightly old-fashioned, class-conscious tone—implying that proper breeding produces proper behavior.
Lacking social graces
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- loutishCrude and ill-mannered
- oafishStupidly clumsy
- churlishIll-mannered and rude
cloddish · brutish · coarse · unrefined · unpolished · uncultured · rustic · provincial
Lacking good social behavior
- impoliteLacking good manners
- discourteousLacking good manners
- uncivilLacking basic politeness
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
rude · mannerless · graceless · insolent · impertinent · cheeky · audacious · brazen
Lacking grace or ease
- inelegantLacking grace or refinement
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- tactlessInsensitive in manner
indelicate · graceless · maladroit · undiplomatic · blundering · inept · bumbling · ham-fisted
uncivilized
Lacking social graces
churlish · cloddish · brutish · coarse · unrefined · unpolished · uncultured · rustic · provincial · unsophisticated
unmannerly
Lacking good social behavior
- impoliteLacking good manners
- discourteousLacking good manners
- uncivilLacking basic politeness
disrespectful · rude · mannerless · graceless · insolent · impertinent · cheeky · audacious · brazen · sassy
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- inelegantLacking grace or refinement
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
tactless · indelicate · graceless · maladroit · undiplomatic · blundering · inept · bumbling · ham-fisted · unsubtle
tasteless
Having no flavor
trashy · cheap · tawdry · crude · obscene · ribald · lewd · profane · indecent · off-color
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- unrefinedcrude, coarse, rough, unpolished, uncouth
ill-bredwell-mannered
Polite and respectful
polite · courteous · civil · mannerly · considerate
ill-bredwell-bred
Having good upbringing
genteel · patrician · aristocratic · gentlemanly · highborn
ill-bredrefined
Purified or cultured
cultivated · cultured · polished · sophisticated · elegant
ill, breed, breeding, bred, inbred, purebred, well-bred, thoroughbred, crossbred