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81unmannerly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rude, uncivil, ill mannered; caddish, discourteous. See discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncouth, discourteous, ill mannered; see rude 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. rude,… …
82vulgarity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bad taste Nouns 1. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism; offense, bad taste; inelegance, indelicacy; gaucherie, ill breeding, discourtesy, incivility; coarseness, indecorum, boorishness; rowdyism,… …
83bearish — adj 1. surly, cantankerous, irascible, crabbed, iracund, unfriendly, ill natured, obnoxious, choleric; brusque, peppery, crusty, grumpy, grouchy, dyspeptic, snappish, waspish, snarling, growling; cross, feisty, huffy, irritable, peevish, cranky,… …
84caustic — adj 1. acrimonious, mordant, bitter, acrid, pungent; trenchant, cutting, incisive, slashing, penetrating, piercing, stinging, nipping, biting; astringent, severe, stern, austere, stringent; harsh, keen, sharp, sharp tongued; sour, acidulous, acid …
85insulting — adj 1. offensive, slighting, Archaic. af frontive, disobliging, outrageous; disparaging, denouncing, derogatory, denunciable, discreditable, depreciating; disdainful, contemptuous, contemning, contemni ble, supercilious, contumelious, scouting,… …
86mordant — adj 1. caustic, acrimonious, bitter, acrid, acidulous, acid, mordacious, pungent; trenchant, cutting, incisive, slashing, scathing; keen, pointed, sharp, sharp tongued; penetrating, piercing, stinging, pricking, nipping, biting; astringent,… …
87slighting — adj 1. offensive, insulting, Archaic. affrontive, disparaging, denouncing, derogatory, depreciating; disdainful, contemptuous, contemning, contemnible, supercilious, contumelious, scouting, flouting; scornful, derisive, jeering, ridiculing,… …
88malapert — mal a*pert (m[a^]l [.a]*p[ e]rt), a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill taught, ill bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See {Malice}, and {Aperient}.] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. Shak. n. A… …
89Malapertly — malapert mal a*pert (m[a^]l [.a]*p[ e]rt), a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill taught, ill bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See {Malice}, and {Aperient}.] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.… …
90malapertness — malapert mal a*pert (m[a^]l [.a]*p[ e]rt), a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill taught, ill bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See {Malice}, and {Aperient}.] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.… …
