undignified
Beneath one's station
Undignified describes behavior or circumstances that diminish someone's dignity or self-respect.
It suggests a loss of composure, poise, or the gravity expected in a situation: an undignified scramble for the last seat, It would be undignified to beg.
The word often carries judgment—what one person finds undignified another might see as refreshingly unguarded.
Inappropriate for the occasion
- indecorousViolating standards of propriety
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- uncouthLacking good manners
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
gauche · loutish · churlish · oafish · coarse · uncivilized · rowdy · unruly
Causing or meriting disgrace
- humiliatingCausing painful embarrassment
- degradingLowering in worth
- ignominiousDeserving public shame
- dishonorableLacking integrity or ethics
scandalous · infamous · discreditable · disreputable · abject · contemptible · debasing · demeaning
Crudely lacking refinement
bawdy · profane · indecent · raunchy · smutty · crude · off-color · risqué
unseemly
Inappropriate for the occasion
- indecorousViolating standards of propriety
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- uncouthLacking good manners
crass · gauche · loutish · churlish · oafish · coarse · uncivilized · rowdy · unruly · brash
shameful
Causing or meriting disgrace
- humiliatingCausing painful embarrassment
- degradingLowering in worth
- ignominiousDeserving public shame
dishonorable · scandalous · infamous · discreditable · disreputable · abject · contemptible · debasing · demeaning · mortifying
crass
Crudely lacking refinement
ribald · bawdy · profane · indecent · raunchy · smutty · crude · off-color · risqué · earthy
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
gawky · lumbering · stumbling · blundering · shambling · maladroit · uncoordinated · graceless · inelegant · clumsy
shabby
Worn and neglected
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- slovenlyUntidy and careless
bedraggled · scruffy · frumpy · dowdy · rumpled · wrinkled · ragged · tattered · grubby · squalid
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Composed and respectable
stately · composed · poised · magisterial · regal
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