Meanings
comparative more unceremonious · superlative most unceremonious
- Not ceremonious.
Mrs. De Brooke replied, that she could have no objection to form the acquaintance of Mrs. Belmour, since it appeared she was so unceremonious and so conformable to the taste of her friends, in respect to her mode of visiting them.
1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter V, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 52Antonyms: ceremonious
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot ceremonious.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewithout ceremony or formality
adjectivewithout due formalities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishceremonious
- Englishunceremonious
From un- + ceremonious.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безцеремо́нен
- безцеремо́нен (bezceremónen)not ceremonious
Esperanto senceremonia
- senceremonianot ceremonious
French incérémonieux
- incérémonieuxnot ceremonious
German unzeremoniell
- unzeremoniellnot ceremonious
Polish bezceremonialny
- bezceremonialnynot ceremonious
Russian бесцеремо́нный, развя́зный
- бесцеремо́нный (besceremónnyj)not ceremonious
- развя́зный (razvjáznyj)not ceremonious
- беспардо́нный (bespardónnyj)not ceremonious
Ukrainian безцеремо́нний, нецеремо́нний
- безцеремо́нний (bezceremónnyj)not ceremonious
- нецеремо́нний (neceremónnyj)not ceremonious
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unceremonious
Cite this entry
unceremonious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unceremonious
“unceremonious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unceremonious. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unceremonious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unceremonious.
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