underbred
Lacking social grace
Underbred means lacking in refinement or good breeding—suggesting someone raised without proper manners or social graces: His underbred behavior embarrassed the hosts.
The word carries class judgment, implying inferior upbringing.
In animal husbandry, underbred describes livestock of mixed or inferior breeding stock, not purebred.
Crude or indecent
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
- coarseRough in texture
- tastelessHaving no flavor
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
gaudy · cheap · tawdry · trashy · shoddy · garish · loud · flashy
Crudely ill-mannered
- unmannerlyLacking good social behavior
- discourteousLacking good manners
- impoliteLacking good manners
- uncivilLacking basic politeness
churlish · ill-mannered · rude · disrespectful · tactless · insolent · curt · brusque
Record of descent
- mongrelDog of mixed ancestry
- muttMixed-breed dog
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
purebred · crossbred · stock · inferior · scrub · cur · parentage · sire
Lacking refinement or complexity
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
rustic · provincial · inelegant · graceless · rough · uncivilized · uncultured · lowbrow
vulgar
Crude or indecent
tacky · gaudy · cheap · tawdry · trashy · shoddy · garish · loud · flashy · brassy
boorish
Crudely ill-mannered
- unmannerlyLacking good social behavior
- discourteousLacking good manners
- impoliteLacking good manners
uncivil · churlish · ill-mannered · rude · disrespectful · tactless · insolent · curt · brusque · gruff
pedigree
Record of descent
lineage · purebred · crossbred · stock · inferior · scrub · cur · parentage · sire · dam
unsophisticated
Lacking refinement or complexity
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
crude · rustic · provincial · inelegant · graceless · rough · uncivilized · uncultured · lowbrow · plebeian
underbredrefined
Purified or cultured
well-bred · genteel · cultivated · polished · courtly
underbredpurebred
Of single breed ancestry
thoroughbred · pedigreed · well-bred · pure-blooded · blooded