ill-bred
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˌɪlˈbrɛd/
- Offensive
:
maleducado
- They think it ill-bred to know anything about food or the kitchen.
Examples
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We all have a right to our own opinion, and I think she's crude and a very ill-bred person.
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You really are the most ill-bred man to come here at a time-
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"Listen to me, you ill-bred witch."
Fiction book (1994) -
"I apologize for my ill-bred son," Jesus Maria said, quite taken by his performance.
Fiction book (1990) -
My own interpretation was that she lived in comparable terror that she would inadvertently say or do something that was considered very rude in his culture, and that we would drive away with Butros exclaiming, "What an ill-bred woman," and I explaining that she had been brought up on a farm and didn't know any better.
Fiction book (1992) -
Many found his behavior at the dinner table to be ill-bred and inconsiderate.
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The ill-bred remarks he made during the meeting offended several attendees.
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She was surprised by how ill-bred the children were, behaving rudely towards their guests.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not polite or showing little respect for others
22
7.1
Rude and not showing respect to other people
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2.3
Not showing good manners or respect to other people
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8.2
Being rude and not caring about other people's feelings or manners
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8.4
Not polite or well behaved in a rough way
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6.0
Not polite and rude to other people
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7.9
Someone who shows no respect by acting or speaking boldly
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3.9
Rude and impolite in how someone talks or acts
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6.7
Rude and not polite or kind
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8.2
Clumsy and rude in the way someone moves or acts
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6.0
A person who lacks good manners or social skills
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9.2
Not showing good manners in public or formal places
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7.0
Rude or unfair behavior that shows little respect for others
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6.3
Not polite and often rude to others
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9.1
Not polite or kind to other people
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3.3
Not polite when you are with other people
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7.2
Not showing good manners toward others
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9.3
Showing poor manners and not acting politely around others
Not polite and not showing good manners
Showing bad manners and little respect for others
Having rude manners that shock polite people
Showing bad manners that make others uncomfortable
Not refined and a bit like a simple country person
Antonyms
How Polite
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2.9
329
1.0
21
2.3
- Offensive
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7.1
- Offensive
10
8.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
ill-bred = bred (transparent) = ill + bred
The meaning is directly built from the negative prefix 'ill-' (bad) + 'bred' (brought up), yielding 'poorly brought up' which is clear to learners.
Etymology
The word ill-bred comes from the parts ill ('bad') and bred ('brought up' or 'raised'), like the word breed, which is about raising animals. So to call someone ill-bred is to say they were 'badly raised', which is why the word means 'rude' or lacking good manners.