- ill-bred
- adjective Date: 1604 badly brought up or showing bad upbringing ; impolite
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ill-bred
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Ill-bred — a. Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under {Ill}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill-bred — [il′bred′] adj. badly brought up; lacking good manners; rude; impolite … English World dictionary
ill-bred — index blatant (obtrusive), inelegant, offensive (offending), presumptuous, uncouth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William … Law dictionary
ill-bred — adj rude or behaving badly, especially because your parents did not teach you to behave well … Dictionary of contemporary English
ill-bred — ill′ bred′ adj. showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly … From formal English to slang
ill-bred — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ badly brought up or rude … English terms dictionary
Ill-Bred — Infobox Television episode Title=Ill Bred Series= Season=3 Episode=18 (# overall) Airdate=April 18 2004 Production=E4520 Writer=Dick Wolf (creator) René Balcer (developer and story) Jim Sterling (story and teleplay) Director=Steve Shill… … Wikipedia
ill-bred — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is ill bred, you mean that they have bad manners. They seemed to her rather vulgar and ill bred. Syn: uncouth … English dictionary
ill-bred — /ˈɪl brɛd / (say il bred) adjective showing or due to lack of proper breeding; unmannerly; rude: ill bred, uncouth barbarians. –ill breeding /ɪl ˈbridɪŋ/ (say il breeding), noun …
ill-bred — adjective rude or behaving badly, especially because your parents did not teach you to behave well: an ill bred upstart criticizing everyone else … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ill-bred — a. Impolite, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, uncourtly, unpolished, uncouth, rude, ill behaved, ill mannered … New dictionary of synonyms
