Meanings
adjectiveill-mannered (comparative more ill-mannered, superlative most ill-mannered)
comparative more ill-mannered · superlative most ill-mannered
- Having bad manners; impolite.
He was extremely ill-mannered and caused offence wherever he went.
Synonyms: bad-mannered, mannerless, boorish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving bad manners; impolite.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesocially incorrect in behavior
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Origin
Compare Middle English ille-ymanerite.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish huonotapainen
- huonotapainenof or pertaining to having bad manners
French malappris, mal élevé
- malapprisof or pertaining to having bad manners
- mal élevéof or pertaining to having bad manners
German ungezogen, impertinent
- ungezogenof or pertaining to having bad manners
- impertinentof or pertaining to having bad manners
- insolentof or pertaining to having bad manners
- anmaßendof or pertaining to having bad manners
- frechof or pertaining to having bad manners
- unverschämtof or pertaining to having bad manners
- ungebührlichof or pertaining to having bad manners
- unmanierlichof or pertaining to having bad manners
- schlecht erzogenof or pertaining to having bad manners
- unhöflichof or pertaining to having bad manners
Hebrew חסר נימוס
- חסר נימוס (khasár nimús)of or pertaining to having bad manners
Hindi बदतमीज़
- बदतमीज़ (badatmīz)of or pertaining to having bad manners
Hungarian modortalan, neveletlen
- modortalanof or pertaining to having bad manners
- neveletlenof or pertaining to having bad manners
- faragatlanof or pertaining to having bad manners
Italian maleducato, sgarbato
- maleducatoof or pertaining to having bad manners
- sgarbatoof or pertaining to having bad manners
Japanese 失礼, 無礼
- 失礼 (shitsurei)of or pertaining to having bad manners
- 無礼 (burei)of or pertaining to having bad manners
Latin male mōrātus
- male mōrātusof or pertaining to having bad manners
Māori tūhourangi
- tūhourangiof or pertaining to having bad manners
Norwegian Bokmål uoppdragen
- uoppdragenof or pertaining to having bad manners
Portuguese mal-educado, malcriado
- mal-educadoof or pertaining to having bad manners
- malcriadoof or pertaining to having bad manners
- grosseiroof or pertaining to having bad manners
Russian невоспи́танный, гру́бый
- невоспи́танный (nevospítannyj)of or pertaining to having bad manners
- гру́бый (grúbyj)of or pertaining to having bad manners
Slovak netaktný, hrubý
- netaktnýof or pertaining to having bad manners
- hrubýof or pertaining to having bad manners
- nevychovanýof or pertaining to having bad manners
- neslušnýof or pertaining to having bad manners
Swedish obelevad
- obelevadof or pertaining to having bad manners
Tagalog asal-hayop
- asal-hayopof or pertaining to having bad manners
Turkish terbiyesiz, kaba
- terbiyesizof or pertaining to having bad manners
- kabaof or pertaining to having bad manners
Cite this entry
APA
ill-mannered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-mannered
MLA
“ill-mannered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-mannered. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ill-mannered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-mannered.
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