ill-bred

The word “ill-bred” has 2 syllables: ill-bred

It's pronounced as /ɪlˈbrɛd/

What is synonym and antonym for ill-bred?

In the thesaurus, “ill-bred” has 242 synonyms and 114 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ill-bred along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for ill-bred

X-rated
abject
abrupt
animallike
antisocial
arch
arrogant
audacious
aweless
awkward
backward
bad-mannered
barbarian
barbaric
barbarous
barnyard
base
bearish
blasphemous
blue
blunt
bold
bold-faced
boorish
brash
brassy
brazen
brusk
brusque
brutish
bumbling
bumptious
bungling
caddish
cantankerous
cavalier
cheap
cheeky
churlish
cloddish
clodhopping
clownish
clumsy
coarse
common
conceited
contemptible
contemptuous
contumelious
countrified
countryfied
crabbed
crass
cross
crude
crumby
crusty
curt
dastardly
degraded
dense
depraved
despicable
dirty
disagreeable
discourteous
disgraceful
disgracious
dishonorable
disreputable
disrespectful
doltish
earthy
filthy
flip
flippant
foul
foulmouthed
fresh
gawky
graceless
green
grody
gross
gruff
grumpy
halting
ham-handed
haughty
heavy-handed
high-handed
ignoble
ignorant
ill-behaved
ill-mannered
illiberal
immodest
immoral
imperious
impertinent
impious
impolite
improper
impudent
impure
in bad taste
inaffable
inconsiderate
incorrect
incult
indecent
indecorous
indelicate
inelegant
inept
insensible
insensitive
insolent
inurbane
irreverent
irritable
lacking
lewd
licentious
lippy
loud
loud-mouthed
loutish
low
lowbred
lowbrow
lubberly
lumpish
maladroit
malodorous
mannerless
mean
menial
misbehaved
miserable
moody
nasty
nervy
oafish
obscene
off-color
offensive
offhand
ornery
out of line
out-of-order
outrageous
peremptory
philistine
pompous
presumptuous
pretentious
primitive
profanatory
profane
provincial
raffish
raunchy
raw
ribald
ridiculous
rough
rough-hewn
roughneck
rude
rugged
rustic
rustical
sacrilegious
salacious
sassy
saucy
savage
scatological
scrubby
scruffy
scurvy
servile
shameless
sharp
shocking
smart-alecky
smutty
snippety
snippy
sordid
strange
sullen
supercilious
superior
surly
swinish
tacky
tactless
tasteless
thoughtless
ugly
unbecoming
uncalled-for
uncivil
uncivilized
unconscionable
uncontrolled
uncouth
uncultivated
uncultured
undecorous
undignified
uneducated
unenlightened
unfilial
ungainly
ungenteel
ungentlemanly
ungodly
ungracious
unhandsome
unhappy
unholy
unmannered
unmannerly
unpoised
unpolished
unrefined
unseemly
unskillful
unsophisticated
untoward
unworthy
vile
vulgar
vulgarian
wicked
woebegone
woeful
wooden
wretched

Antonyms for ill-bred

above
acceptable
affable
agile
appropriate
aristocratic
becoming
befitting
behaved
calm
ceremonious
charming
chaste
cheerful
chivalrous
citified
civil
civilized
clean
considerate
cordial
correct
courteous
courtly
couth
cultivated
cultured
decent
decorous
deferential
delicate
domesticated
dutiful
easy
elegant
elevated
even
facile
felicitous
fit
fitting
flat
formal
friendly
gallant
gay
genial
genteel
gentle
good
graceful
gracious
happy
healthy
high
honest
honorable
hospitable
humble
increased
kind
level
mannered
mannerly
meek
meet
mild
moderate
modest
moral
nice
noble
patrician
pleasant
pleasing
polished
polite
prominent
proper
pure
reasonable
refined
respectable
respectful
restrained
reverent
rich
right
seemly
sensible
sensitive
small
smooth
sociable
sophisticated
strong
submissive
suitable
superior
tactful
tall
tasteful
thoughtful
tiny
ultrarefined
unassertive
uncorrupt
upright
urbane
virtuous
weak
well
well-bred
yielding

Meanings of ill-bred

adjective
1. Ill-mannered and unrefined because of a lack of upbringing or education.
2. (of animals) of bad breed.

Example Sentences

Despite his wealth, his ill-bred manners betrayed his upbringing.
The nobleman couldn't hide his disdain for the ill-bred behavior of the new arrivals.
Such ill-bred conduct has no place in a civilized society.
Her grandmother always emphasized the importance of good manners and despised anything ill-bred.
The hostess was appalled by the ill-bred comments made by her guest during the dinner party.

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