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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
ill-mannered and unrefined because of a lack of upbringing or education.
It is, therefore, quite believable that many of these secret agents were as blunderful and tactless as any ill-bred son of the soil could be...
On the night in question, the whole house was awakened by a dreadful cats'-concert. Two or three of the gang of ill-bred, shabby cats that ran wild over the brick roofs of our town were sitting on the general's terrace screaming at the top of their repulsive voices.
Use ill-bred when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ill-bred means ill-mannered and unrefined because of a lack of upbringing or education.
Common synonyms include unrefined, rude, lowbred, yokelish.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is, therefore, quite believable that many of these secret agents were as blunderful and tactless as any ill-bred son of the soil could be...
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