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- Dictionaryill-bred/ˌɪlˈbrɛd/
adjective
- 1. badly brought up or rude: "this officer was so ill-bred that he could not distinguish between claret and burgundy"
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The meaning of ILL-BRED is badly brought up or showing bad upbringing : impolite. How to use ill-bred in a sentence.
Ill-bred means rude and behaving badly, especially in a way that shows a lack of education or manners. Learn more about this old-fashioned adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from various sources.
Ill-bred means rude and behaving badly, especially in an old-fashioned or US context. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, antonyms, and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and Project Gutenberg.
If you say that someone is ill-bred, you mean that they have bad manners. [disapproval] They seemed to her rather vulgar and ill-bred. Synonyms: bad-mannered, rude, coarse, vulgar More Synonyms of ill-bred. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Ill-bred definition: showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.. See examples of ILL-BRED used in a sentence.
Definitions of ill-bred. adjective. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace. synonyms: bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish. unrefined. (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth.
Define ill-bred. ill-bred synonyms, ill-bred pronunciation, ill-bred translation, English dictionary definition of ill-bred. adj. 1. Badly brought up; impolite and crude. 2. Not thoroughbred; underbred. Used of animals. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
