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Meanings of
underbred
in English
(Of persons) lacking in refinement or grace.
rude
ill-bred
bounderish
lowbred
yokelish
Related terms
unrefined
Underbred.
Related terms
crossbred
Synonyms
Examples for "
rude
"
rude
ill-bred
bounderish
lowbred
yokelish
Examples for "
rude
"
1
It's really
rude
.
It wasn't the first time Bono has said sorry.
2
He pointed in turn to the
rude
ornamentation in the shell clasp.
3
It is possible, of course, that she was just being plain
rude
.
4
Haven't I watched Kate field this question from hundreds of
rude
people?
5
This unreasonable speculation is a
rude
contempt toward Chinese law, it said.
1
The characteristics of the
ill-bred
man are just the contrary of these.
2
It makes one appear to be
ill-bred
and extremely distasteful in society.
3
They were the most
ill
-
bred
of mankind-theservant caste-madeslaves by nature.
4
He is singularly stupid and
ill-bred
to meddle in such a matter.
5
Paul felt for the instant that he had been brutal and
ill-bred
.
1
"No, thanks," said Josh, in his most
bustlingly
-
bounderish
manner.
Usage of
underbred
in English
1
She pronounced the quiet little painter a pert, little, obtrusive,
underbred
creature.
2
What he was doing, he told himself, was extremely ungentlemanly, horribly
underbred
.
3
No timidity or prudery or
underbred
doubts about this thorough creature.
4
It was, somehow, so
underbred
to owe money to all sorts of people.
5
They seem to me to be
underbred
,
of a different sort.
6
In the end he grows nasty, and from the first he is disgustingly
underbred
.
7
All the same, it is in very bad taste and excessively
underbred
of her.
8
While the breaker flogs up on a green
underbred
one
9
Many make a large fortune, who remain
underbred
and pathetically stupid to the last.
10
A trifle
underbred
,
too, or she would not insist so much on her breeding.
11
No one is more intolerable than an
underbred
civilian.
12
The wood thrush has none of theses
underbred
traits.
13
Only a very
underbred
,
thick-skinned person would attempt it.
14
What right has that little
underbred
girl to bring an illegitimate life into the world?
15
The actors were not so much vulgar as
underbred
;
their ambitions and tastes were often deplorable.
16
An uneducated,
underbred
,
and underfed propertyless man is a man who has lost the possibility of liberty.
Other examples for "underbred"
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About this term
underbred
Adjective
Frequent collocations
underbred people
most underbred
so underbred
base underbred
consider underbred
More collocations
Underbred
through the time