English Explanatory Dictionary

uncivil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not civilized
  2. Not civil; discourteous; impolite

Pronunciation

ŭnʹsĭv-əl /ʌnˈsɪv.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uncivil.wav

Word forms

uncivil more uncivil most uncivil

Etymology

From un- + civil.

Synonyms

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

Related words

incivil

Derived words

uncivil war
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