English Explanatory Dictionary

incivil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
  2. Uncivilized, barbarous.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsɪv.ɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incivil.wav

Word forms

incivil more incivil most incivil

Etymology

From in- + civil.

Synonyms

discourteous uncivil uncouth aweless improper bad-mannered barbaric bold bumptious crude churlish impudent gauche ill-bred ill-mannered impolite incivil insolent lack-grace mismannered rantipole rough rude uncivilized uncourteous uncultured underbred unmannerly unpolished unpolite unrefined heathen animalistic barbarian barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike grim heathenish heathenly heathenous pagan savage tenebrose truculent uncultivated uplandish wolfish

Related words

incivility uncivil

Derived words

incivilly
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