Meanings
comparative more ungallant · superlative most ungallant
- Not gallant; ignoble, dishonourable, unvaliant.
"I think we are getting rather away from the point, Mr Drishna," interposed Carrados, with the impartiality of a judge. "Unless I am misinformed, you are not so ungallant as to include everyone you have met here in your execration?"
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoffensively discourteous
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish epäritarillinen, kunniaton
- epäritarillinennot gallant
- kunniatonnot gallant
Cite this entry
ungallant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungallant
“ungallant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungallant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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