ill-bred

  • 1Ill-bred — a. Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under {Ill}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2ill-bred — [il′bred′] adj. badly brought up; lacking good manners; rude; impolite …

    English World dictionary

  • 3ill-bred — index blatant (obtrusive), inelegant, offensive (offending), presumptuous, uncouth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William …

    Law dictionary

  • 4ill-bred — adj rude or behaving badly, especially because your parents did not teach you to behave well …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5ill-bred — ill′ bred′ adj. showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly …

    From formal English to slang

  • 6ill-bred — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ badly brought up or rude …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7Ill-Bred — Infobox Television episode Title=Ill Bred Series= Season=3 Episode=18 (# overall) Airdate=April 18 2004 Production=E4520 Writer=Dick Wolf (creator) René Balcer (developer and story) Jim Sterling (story and teleplay) Director=Steve Shill… …

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  • 8ill-bred — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is ill bred, you mean that they have bad manners. They seemed to her rather vulgar and ill bred. Syn: uncouth …

    English dictionary

  • 9ill-bred — /ˈɪl brɛd / (say il bred) adjective showing or due to lack of proper breeding; unmannerly; rude: ill bred, uncouth barbarians. –ill breeding /ɪl ˈbridɪŋ/ (say il breeding), noun …

  • 10ill-bred — adjective rude or behaving badly, especially because your parents did not teach you to behave well: an ill bred upstart criticizing everyone else …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English