Meanings
adjectivebad-mannered (comparative more bad-mannered, superlative most bad-mannered)
comparative more bad-mannered · superlative most bad-mannered
- Having bad manners; impolite.
He was extremely bad-mannered and caused offence wherever he went.
Synonyms: ill-mannered
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving bad manners; impolite.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesocially incorrect in behavior
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan mal educat
- mal educathaving bad manners
Finnish huonotapainen
- huonotapainenhaving bad manners
Latin male mōrātus
- male mōrātushaving bad manners
Portuguese mal-educado
- mal-educadohaving bad manners
Slovak nevychovaný, neslušný
- nevychovanýhaving bad manners
- neslušnýhaving bad manners
- hrubýhaving bad manners
- netaktnýhaving bad manners
Spanish maleducado, mal comportado
- maleducadohaving bad manners
- mal comportadohaving bad manners
- malcriadohaving bad manners
- de malos modaleshaving bad manners
- malportadohaving bad manners
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APA
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“bad-mannered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad-mannered. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bad-mannered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad-mannered.
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