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Underbred

adjective

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace. Synonyms: bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, yokelish.

Of inferior or mixed breed.

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"Underbred" Quotes from Famous Books

... courtesy that sat very well on his habitual languid nonchalance; he never called his father anything but "Royal"; rarely saw, still less rarely consulted him, and cared not a straw for his censure or opinion; but he was too thoroughbred by nature to be able to follow the underbred indecorum of the day which makes disrespect to old age the fashion. "You sent for me?" he asked, taking the cigarette out of ...

— Under Two Flags • Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]

... convenance on both sides, if it ever came off. I am fond of Del, too. But he was South, and the other came like a whirlwind, and I'm—I'm queer about some things," she went on half shamefacedly. "I suppose I'm awfully susceptible to physical impressions. Are all girls that way? Or is that gross and—and underbred?" ...

— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... humanity, that there was something about US particularly awe-inspiring and edifying to vice or weakness of any kind, we good-humoredly yielded to the cheap fascination of this showy, self-saturated, over-dressed, and underbred stranger. Even the epithet of "blower" as applied to him by Rowley had its mitigations; in that Trajan community a bully was not necessarily a coward, nor florid demonstration always ...

— The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales • Bret Harte

... only the smallest fraction of the pain, the fear, and the anxiety that now make human life so doubtful in its value. There is more than enough for every one alive. Science stands as a too competent servant behind her wrangling, underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too ...

— The Cost of Shelter • Ellen H. Richards

Words linked to "Underbred" : ill-bred, rude, bounderish, unrefined, crossbred, yokelish, lowbred