- ill-mannered
- adjective Date: 15th century having bad manners ; rude
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ill-mannered — [adj] badly behaved bad mannered, boorish, cheap, churlish, coarse, discourteous, disrespectful, ill behaved, ill bred, impertinent, impolite, insolent, loud, loudmouthed, loutish, raunchy*, raw, rough, roughneck*, rude, tacky*, uncivil, uncouth … New thesaurus
ill-mannered — adj formal not polite and behaving badly in social situations ≠ ↑well mannered ▪ The fellow is an ill mannered brute … Dictionary of contemporary English
ill-mannered — ill manneredly, adv. ill manneredness, n. /il man euhrd/, adj. having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude. [1375 1425; late ME; see ILL, MANNERED] Syn. unpolished, crude, uncivil. * * * … Universalium
Ill-mannered — Ill man nered, a. Impolite; rude; displaying socially incorrect behavior. Syn: rude, unmannered, unmannerly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill-mannered — index blatant (obtrusive), disorderly, impertinent (insolent), inelegant, presumptuous, provincial … Law dictionary
ill-mannered — adjective FORMAL behaving in a way that is not polite: RUDE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ill-mannered — *rude, uncivil, ungracious, impolite, discourteous Analogous words: boorish, loutish, churlish (see under BOOR) Antonyms: well bred … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ill-mannered — [il′man′ərd] adj. having or showing bad manners; rude; impolite SYN. RUDE … English World dictionary
ill-mannered — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as ill mannered, you are critical of them because they are impolite or rude. [FORMAL] ...this rude, ill mannered individual who assumes he has the force of the law behind him... Chantal would have… … English dictionary
ill-mannered — adjective we never encountered the ill mannered locals you had warned us about Syn: bad mannered, discourteous, rude, impolite, uncivil, abusive, disagreeable; insolent, impertinent, impudent, cheeky, presumptuous, audacious, disrespectful; badly … Thesaurus of popular words
ill-mannered — adjective Of or pertaining to having bad manners; impolite. (See also: bad mannered) He was extremely ill mannered and caused offence wherever he went … Wiktionary
