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illbred

illbred is the alternative form of ill-bred.

Meaning of ill-bred

Adjective

ill-bred (comparative more ill-bred, superlative most ill-bred)

  1. ill-mannered and unrefined because of a lack of upbringing or education
    • It is, therefore, quite believable that many of these secret agents were as blunderful and tactless as any ill-bred son of the soil could be...2009, Douglas Blackburn, Secret Service in South Africa
  2. of bad breed
    • On the night in question, the whole house was awakened by a dreadful cats'-concert. Two or three of the gang of ill-bred, shabby cats that ran wild over the brick roofs of our town were sitting on the general's terrace screaming at the top of their repulsive voices.1976, Valentin Kataev, A Mosaic of Life Or, The Magic Horn of Oberon: Memoirs of a Russian Childhood, page 180

Forms of illbred

comparativemore illbred
superlativemost illbred

Questions about illbred

What is illbred the alternative form of?
Illbred is the alternative form of ill-bred.

Words near illbred in the dictionary

  1. Illawarra Shorthorns
  2. Illawarras
  3. Illawong
  4. illbeing
  5. illbient
  6. illbred
  7. illderly
  8. Ille
  9. Ille-et-Vilaine
  10. illeagle
  11. illecebration

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