bad manners
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1.6
- noun
- /bæd ˈmænərz/
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malos modales
- They told me it's in shocking bad manners to ask questions out here.
- just bad manners
- very bad manners
- consider it bad manners
He said. Well, I did not know that she had bad manners. Only yesterday afternoon I bought this book on etiquette
- He said. Well, I did not know that she had bad manners. Only yesterday afternoon I bought this book on etiquette
- The cameras shuffling off this mortal Carl is no excuse in my book for scampering when it's time to put the bill, dead or alive, it's sheer bad manners.
Examples
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Poverty is no excuse for bad manners.
Academic text (2007) -
That's just bad manners and bad socializing.
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Ah, excuse me for my bad manners.
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Tell her about your bad manners.
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Time to talk about you and your bad manners now.
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It's bad manners to come in here...
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It's bad manners to walk away when someone asks you a question.
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Did no-one ever tell you that it's bad manners to interrupt?
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After a few minutes of silent work, he cleared his throat and said, "Alix, you must overlook my bad manners yesterday."
Fiction book (1996) -
It's bad manners to walk away when someone asks you a question.
Synonyms
133
3.4
Rude behavior or words that show a lack of respect for someone
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1.8
Lack of politeness or respect for other people
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8.1
Rude behavior or remarks that show a lack of respect
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7.9
Rude behavior that shows no politeness
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5.5
Rude actions that show no respect for other people
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4.1
Rude or disrespectful behavior toward other people
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8.1
Rude, insensitive behavior that ignores good manners
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9.8
Rude behavior that shows poor manners because someone was raised badly
Being rude and not polite to other people
Rude actions that show a lack of politeness
Antonyms
How Polite
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'rude or impolite behavior' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bad' (negative/poor) with 'manners' (social behaviour), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase. This adjective+noun composition is a common and predictable pattern cross-linguistically, making the expression immediately comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
Bad manners comes from the simple idea of bad + manners, where manners means the usual way someone behaves. So saying someone has bad manners gives a clear picture of a person doing 'rude' or 'impolite' things, like burping loudly at the table.