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bad-mannered

bad-mannered adjective: having bad manners; impolite.

Adjective

bad-mannered (comparative more bad-mannered, superlative most bad-mannered)

  1. Having bad manners; impolite.
    • He was extremely bad-mannered and caused offence wherever he went.
    Synonyms:
    ill-mannered

Synonyms of bad-mannered

Forms of bad-mannered

comparativemore bad-mannered
superlativemost bad-mannered

Questions about bad-mannered

What does bad-mannered mean?
Bad-mannered means having bad manners; impolite.
What part of speech is bad-mannered?
Bad-mannered is an adjective.

Words near bad-mannered in the dictionary

  1. bad-jacketed
  2. bad-jacketing
  3. bad-jackets
  4. bad-lad split
  5. bad-looking
  6. bad-mannered
  7. bad-minded
  8. bad-mouth
  9. bad-mouthed
  10. bad-mouthing
  11. bad-mouths

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