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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

... fertility of his invention, and claims to have discarded the coarse farce of his predecessors for something more worthy of the refined intelligence of his clever audience. Yet it must be acknowledged that much even of his wit is the mere filth-throwing of a naughty boy; or at best the underbred jocularity of the "funny column," the topical song, or the minstrel show. There are puns on the names of notable personages; a grotesque, fantastic, punning fauna, flora, and geography of Greece; a constant succession of surprises effected by the sudden ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2 • Charles Dudley Warner

... there, but quiet and dignified. There was not the smallest touch of vulgarity about her. The coarse readiness to accept publicity which distinguishes the underbred woman, whether in England or America, the desire to show off a foreign emancipation from what appear ridiculous French rules, were not ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880. • Various

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