Underbred
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Underbred is an adjective meaning Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
Meaning
Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
More Meanings
- (of animals) Not purebred; of an inferior strain.
- simple past and past participle of underbreed
Example Sentences
The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […].
I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.
Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.
Word Forms
- under-bred
Synonyms for underbred
Depending on context, synonyms include uncouth, rude, impolite, unrefined, cur, scrub.
Antonyms for underbred
Common opposites include thoroughbred.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ill-bred, rude, lowbred, unrefined, cur, bounderish.
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