agrestic
- adjective
- /əˈɡrɛstɪk/
- Offensive
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zafio (ofensivo)
- His agrestic manners made him stand out in the elegant crowd.
Examples
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She found his agrestic manners quite off-putting.
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His agrestic behavior at the party surprised everyone.
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Some critics found the novel's humor a bit agrestic for their taste.
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The film portrays the agrestic lifestyle of people living far from the city.
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His agrestic manners at the gala made him appear out of place among the refined guests.
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Everyone was shocked by her agrestic outburst during the formal dinner party.
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His agrestic style of dress was a stark contrast to the elegant attire of the others.
Synonyms
13
8.2
Being rude and not caring about other people's feelings or manners
10
8.4
Not polite or well behaved in a rough way
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6.7
Rude and not polite or kind
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8.1
Behaving in a rude, rough way without care for others
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8.2
Clumsy and rude in the way someone moves or acts
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6.3
Not polite and often rude to others
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9.9
Having very old-fashioned rude attitudes that reject modern social ideas
Not polite and not showing good manners
About the countryside and simple rural life
Antonyms
How Unrefined
Surface Forms
Morphology
agrestic = agrest (semi-transparent) = agrest + ic
Same morphological structure as sense 1: '-ic' attaches to the rare stem 'agrest-' to form an adjective meaning 'rustic' or 'field-related'; the stem is uncommon for learners.
Etymology
Agrestic comes from the Latin agrestis, from ager meaning 'field'. Since it originally meant 'from the fields', people used it for country ways and manners, so agrestic can also mean 'rustic' or a bit uncouth.